Fernel, Jean. Universa Medicina. Tribus et viginti libris absoluta. 2 parts in 1 volume. 7 Bl., 557 p.; 1 Bl., 136 pp., 38 p., 1 l. w. Bl. With woodcut printer mark on the title and several woodcut initials. 34 x 23 cm. Leather d. Z. (breathed, bruised, flaked) with gold-plated and gold-embossed DVerzierung. Paris, A. Wechel, 1567. Adam's F256. See STC 163 – Probably the first edition (according to Adams). Jean Fernel (1497-1558) was the physician of Henry II and Catherine de Medici. He introduced the term "physiology" and for the first time described the spinal cord. – With ownership note from the beginning on the title. finger- and brown-spotted, kink-spured, with small worm-courses and lusures.