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LEADING FIGURES IN THE MEDICAL ARTS following Hippocrates an…
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LEADING FIGURES IN THE MEDICAL ARTS following Hippocrates an…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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LEADING FIGURES IN THE MEDICAL ARTS following Hippocrates and Galen, Greeks who wrote in Latin: Actuarius, ARETEUX, Nic. Myrepfus, Ruffus Ephefius, Orianfius, Latini, Paulus Aegineta, Corn. Celfud, Aëtius, Scrib. Largus, Alex Trallianus, Marcell. Empiricus, and others besides, of whom one’s name is unknown; the Index, not only comprehensive but also arranged in a perfectly logical order, Hippocra. Certain passages with Corn. Celfi’s interpretation; Henr. Stephani’s tetrameter on this edition of his own. Patients used to seek care at many different places; now, through me, the hospital is a single home for all. The first page, dedicated to physicians: ‘Do not think that I am unproductive, O doctors.’ (Geneva) ANNO MDLXII (1562) Printed by Henricus Stephnus, a man of distinction, at the press of Huldrich Fugger.
2 volumes in full folio, spines with decorated raised bands, red title labels. 42 woodcuts, pagination with errors in page numbering. (Page numbering: Volume 1: title page, (6p), col. 1 to 346, 13p unnumbered, 347 to 749, (2 unnumbered pages, 752 to 768, 1 to 82, (107 to 110), 87 to 198, (3 unnumbered pages), 205 to 542, (507 to 516), 554 to 683, (682), 684 to 688, 666 to 673, 664 to 697. Volume 2. (2) 1 to 628, (639 to 806), 797 to 802, 813 to 864, 1 to 845, 1 to 434, index 105p
Minor foxing, a few small wormholes along the page edges.
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