1538. [8], 199, 100-456 [= 556], [4] pp. (pp. 113-116 and 201-204 misbound).Rare first and only edition of the Dutch translation of the Artzneybuch of Oswald Gabelkover (1538-1616), who was the personal physician to the dukes of Wurttemberg. It was originally printed in 1589 under the patronage of Ludwig von Wurttemberg and soon followed by several other editions. The present translation was made by Carolus Battus, a physician in Dordrecht, who was the first to translate medical works into Dutch. He is known as the author of one of the earliest Dutch cookery books, which was published together with his translation of Wirtsung's Arzney Buch (1568) with the confusingly similar"