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2 - HIPPOCRATES. The works of Hippocrates, by far the foremost o…
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HIPPOCRATES. The works of Hippocrates, by far the foremost of all physicians, eighty volumes, the greater part of which […] have now been published for the first time. Rome, Francesco Minitio Calvi, 1525. Folio, [42p.]-733 pp.-[2 f., including 1 blank folio]; [8], A-E6, F4, A-OOO6, PPP8, first edition, illustrated with a large architectural frame on the title page. Later half-vellum binding with corners, spine with 4 raised bands, red title label. Handwritten bookplate on the title page and endpaper, stamp on the title page and final leaf, and a corrected bookplate reading ‘Ulysse David’ over an earlier bookplate reading ‘Bastien’ (?), a surgeon in Voiron. First edition of the first Latin translation of Hippocrates’ works, by Marco Fabio Calvo, a friend of Raphael for whom he notably translated Vitruvius’ *De Architectura* into Italian. Norman Library, 110 ‘This historically important book […] must be regarded as the definitive Hippocrates’ Heirs of Hippocrates, 10 (stains and water marks affecting mainly the margins of the first and last leaves; a few wormholes; slight wear and wormholes to the binding; small losses to the title label, small wormholes and marginal wear on the first leaves, a few old handwritten annotations, a small corner loss of paper on leaf XX) Expert: Mr Nicolas Asvisio
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About the sale Classical and 20th-Century Art – Estate of Mrs B. and various others
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 2:30 PM
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