[Medicine/Pharmacognosy] Tralles, Balthasar Ludwig: Usus opii salubris et noxius inmorbidum medela solidis et certis Principiis superstructus. Naples, ed. Orsino & Castellano 1779. 3 volumes

Printed in Naples in 1779, first 3 volumes of the 4 that complete the work on opium by the Polish author Balthasar Ludwig Tralles (1708-1797). Fundamental work on the medical use of opium since ancient times. Contains a chemical analysis of its properties, beneficial and harmful uses in the treatment of hemorrhages, epilepsy, fever, madness, dysentery, pain, etc. Latin text. Contemporary full parchment binding with gold titles on the spine. Format in-8°, pp. (10), 548 / 519 / VIII, 387. Sporadic foxing, stains and browning. Vol. 3 with loss of text on c. S4 (p. 279-280). There is a stain on the anterior cover of Vol. 2.