Aphorismi, Id est, selectae maximeque ratae sententiae, interpretate Guilielmo Plantio Cenomano. Galeni in eosdem Commentarii septem… ex secunda interpretis recognitione.

  • Hippocrates
  • Lugduni [Lyon]: Apud Gulielmum Rouillium 1573

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Description

16mo, pp. 665, [39]. Final leaf of index torn removing half a dozen lines on recto. Contemporary vellum, long sides overlapping, spine lettered in ink. Toned, some soiling and light staining, particularly to title-page. Vellum ruckled and marked, front hinge split, no flyleaves. Inscription to title-page crossed out, some under- and side-lining and occasional annotations in an early hand.

Notes

A scarce pocket edition of the aphorisms of Hippocrates and Galen, with Latin translations by Guillaume Plancy, one of several published by the prominent Lyonese bookseller-printer Guillaume Rouillé, pioneer of this sextodecimo format.

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