CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius (ca. 25 B.C.-ca. A.D. 50), De re medica libri octo - SCRIBONIUS LARGUS (fl. ca. A.D. 40-50), De compositionibus medicamentorum liber unus , edited by Jean Ruel (1474-1537). Paris: Chrtien Wechel, 1529 (colophon: Simon Silvius (du Bois), October 1528). 2 o (278 x 197). Collation: A-B 6 C 8; A-Y 6; * 6 ** 4 Aa-Ff 6. Blank: **4 and Y6. 198 leaves. Roman and italic types. Woodcut title-page border, ornamental woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device on Ff6v. (Waterstained.) 17th-century vellum over pasteboard (buckled, lettering-piece defective, Scribonius Largus [quires * 6 ** 4 Aa-Ff 6] bound after quire gg of Galen et al .). FIRST EDITION OF SCRIBONIUS LARGUS, whose compilation of drugs and prescriptions is dated to ca. A.D. 43-47 by his references to the fact that he had travelled to Britain with the Roman Emperor Claudius (A.D. 43) and to the favorite toothpaste of the Empress Messalina (executed A.D. 48). The preface to this work contains an early reference to the Hippocratic Oath (here on *3r). Adams C-1243; Garrison-Morton 1785; Moreau 1683; NLM/Durling 910; Wellcome 1398; Norman 429. [ Bound with ]: GALENUS, Claudius (A.D. 129/130-199/200). Liber de plenitudine . Translated by Johann Guenther von Andernach (ca. 1505-74) - POLYBUS. De salubri victus ratione priuatorum . Translated by Johann Guenther von Andernach - Pseudo-APULEIUS Platonicus. De herbarum uirtutibus . Edited by Giovanni Filippo La Legname - Antonio BENIVIENI (1443-1502). Libellus de abditis nonullis ac mirandis morborum et sanationum causis . Edited by Girolamo Benivieni. Paris: Chrtien Wechel, 1528. 2 o (278 x 197mm). aa-gg 6; AA-CC 6 DD 4. 64 leaves. Roman type. Ornamental woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device on DD4v. (Waterstained.) Adams G-98; Durling Galen 1528.8; Moreau 1477; NLM/Durling 1917; Wellcome 2600; Norman 851. Provenance : 16th-century marginalia, more frequent in Celsus; long medical anecdote dated to the year 1557 (MS text on DD4r-v); Cesare Odon ("Ad usum Cesaris Odoni et amicorum", erased 16th-century inscription); M.A. Roncallis (erased inscription). [ With :] CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius. Medicine libri octo . Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 10 March 1524. 2 o (300 x 213mm). Collation: + 4; a-e 8 f 6. 52 leaves. Gothic type. Ornamental woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device on f5v. (A few minor stains.) Modern three-quarter morocco, cloth sides. Provenance : 16th-century marginalia; Angelica Clara Margarita Ghisella (signature); "Joan. Sonsis." (bookplate). NLM/Durling 907; Norman 427. (2)
CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius (ca. 25 B.C.-ca. A.D. 50), De re medica libri octo - SCRIBONIUS LARGUS (fl. ca. A.D. 40-50), De compositionibus medicamentorum liber unus , edited by Jean Ruel (1474-1537). Paris: Chrtien Wechel, 1529 (colophon: Simon Silvius (du Bois), October 1528). 2 o (278 x 197). Collation: A-B 6 C 8; A-Y 6; * 6 ** 4 Aa-Ff 6. Blank: **4 and Y6. 198 leaves. Roman and italic types. Woodcut title-page border, ornamental woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device on Ff6v. (Waterstained.) 17th-century vellum over pasteboard (buckled, lettering-piece defective, Scribonius Largus [quires * 6 ** 4 Aa-Ff 6] bound after quire gg of Galen et al .). FIRST EDITION OF SCRIBONIUS LARGUS, whose compilation of drugs and prescriptions is dated to ca. A.D. 43-47 by his references to the fact that he had travelled to Britain with the Roman Emperor Claudius (A.D. 43) and to the favorite toothpaste of the Empress Messalina (executed A.D. 48). The preface to this work contains an early reference to the Hippocratic Oath (here on *3r). Adams C-1243; Garrison-Morton 1785; Moreau 1683; NLM/Durling 910; Wellcome 1398; Norman 429. [ Bound with ]: GALENUS, Claudius (A.D. 129/130-199/200). Liber de plenitudine . Translated by Johann Guenther von Andernach (ca. 1505-74) - POLYBUS. De salubri victus ratione priuatorum . Translated by Johann Guenther von Andernach - Pseudo-APULEIUS Platonicus. De herbarum uirtutibus . Edited by Giovanni Filippo La Legname - Antonio BENIVIENI (1443-1502). Libellus de abditis nonullis ac mirandis morborum et sanationum causis . Edited by Girolamo Benivieni. Paris: Chrtien Wechel, 1528. 2 o (278 x 197mm). aa-gg 6; AA-CC 6 DD 4. 64 leaves. Roman type. Ornamental woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device on DD4v. (Waterstained.) Adams G-98; Durling Galen 1528.8; Moreau 1477; NLM/Durling 1917; Wellcome 2600; Norman 851. Provenance : 16th-century marginalia, more frequent in Celsus; long medical anecdote dated to the year 1557 (MS text on DD4r-v); Cesare Odon ("Ad usum Cesaris Odoni et amicorum", erased 16th-century inscription); M.A. Roncallis (erased inscription). [ With :] CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius. Medicine libri octo . Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 10 March 1524. 2 o (300 x 213mm). Collation: + 4; a-e 8 f 6. 52 leaves. Gothic type. Ornamental woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device on f5v. (A few minor stains.) Modern three-quarter morocco, cloth sides. Provenance : 16th-century marginalia; Angelica Clara Margarita Ghisella (signature); "Joan. Sonsis." (bookplate). NLM/Durling 907; Norman 427. (2)
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