‎ALBERTI, MICHAEL.‎
‎Medicinische und philosophische Schrifften von unterschiedenen Materien. Welche bisher eintzeln edirt und vorlangst nicht weiter zu bekommen gewesen. 2 parts (+) De energia naturae. ‎

‎Halle im Magdeburgischen, Hendel, 1721. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raise bands and richly gilt spine. Traces from old paper-label to upper part of spine. Leather on spine cracked, spine-ends slightly chipped. Internally nice and clean. (14), 620, (28) pp.‎

Reference : 62695

‎First collected edition of Alberti’s essays. Alberti (1682–1757), professor of medicine and philosophy at Halle and later rector of the university, was a leading disciple of Georg Ernst Stahl who considered the soul as having control on the body. Therapies involved dealing with the internal senses and feelings.‎