Dissertatio Inauguralis Chemico-medica de Thermis Gasteinensibus

Vindobonae (Vienna): Josephi Nobilis de Kurzboeck, 1780. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 52,(iv)pp. Woodcut chapter heading and tailpiece. Folding hand-colored frontispiece entitled 'Prospectus Thermarum Gasteinensium.' Bound to style in quarter leather, gilt; vellum tips; marbled paper boards. A fine copy. Scarce early discussion on the healing powers of the Gastein waters, long before the discovery of radon and radioactivity and their connection to the Bad Gastein. Természettudomány Társulat Közlönye, 316 (Hydrophonica Germanica), No. 41. In Latin.