Block magnus gabriel (4 risultati)

227 s. Häftad. Med transparent skyddsomslag i plast.

Häftad, otryckta bruna omslag. Mycket gott skick. Dedikation: "Alf Henrikson med tacksam hälsning från förf." Proveniens: Författaren och historikerna Alf Henrikson (1905-1995) med exlibris. Särtryck ur Svenska Akademiens handlingar. Stockholm 1973. 8:o. 236 s. Innehåll: "Inledning", "Orolig ungdom", "Vid storhertigens hov", "Landsortsdoktorn", "Profeter och spåmän", "Motala ström och Ester Jönsdotter", "Varia. Den lyckliga lantmannen" samt "Efterskrift".…

4:o. (28), 114, (6) s. + 1 utvikbar graverad karta. Tagen ur band, titelbladet aningen loss, sista bladet med lagningar. OBS! Kartan saknas tyvärr till detta exemplar.

Condizione: Good. Linköping, (Kempes änka), 1711. 4:o. (16),122 pp.Disbound. Some ink staining on title, minor spotting, underlinings in ink. Ink signature on p. (16). A good copy.Waller 1143, with only eight preliminary pages including the original cancelled title with "Norköping" in stead of "Östergötland". With complimentary poems by J. Thun, L. Forsselius och A. O. Rhyzelius. The work is concluded with 28 case studies from the authors practice in Norrköping. The multi-talented physician Magnus Gabriel von Block (1669-1722) spoke eleven languages and was a diligent writer. After studies in Uppsala and extensive travels abroad, during which Block became acquainted with Leibniz and studied medicine, among other things, he became a district medical officer in Östergötland in 1702 and settled in Norrköping. In several of his works he fought against superstition and belief in miracles, phenomena which still had a stronghold in Sweden at the time. Some historians have mentioned Block as an important precursor of the enlightenment ideas in Sweden.…