Annual address of the president of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia / by James Cornelius Wilson.
- J. C. Wilson
- Date:
- 1916
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Annual address of the president of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia / by James Cornelius Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![$181,122.02. The Library Endowment Funds now aggregate $292,318.85. The following is a list of the rare medical books and works of special interest received during the past year: Incunabula [Total number of incunabula at this date, 187] Aegidius Columna. [De regimine principum.] Romae, Plannck, 1482. F°. [Hain no. 108.] Fund for Rare Books. Albertus Magnus. [Physicorum sive de physico auditu libri octo.] Venetiis, de Forlivio, 1488. F°. [Hain no. 518.] Fund for Rare Books. Aristotelis. [Opera graece.] Venetiis, Aldus, 1495-98. 5 vols. F°. [Hain no. 1657.] A superb copy of the first edition of the work of Aristotle, printed in Greek characters. The value of this work is increased by the fact that it was one of the earliest examples of books printed entirely in Greek characters. Dr. Fielding H. Garrison says: “The greatest scientific name after Hippocrates is that of the ‘ Master of those who knew/ the Asclepiad Aristotle (384-322 b.c.) who gave to medi¬ cine the beginnings of zoology, comparative anatomy and embryology, and the use of formal logic as an instrument of precision.” Presented by Henry Reed Hatfield, Esq. Bergomensis, J. P. [Supplementum chronicarum.] [Venetiis], Ber- nardinus de Banaliis, 1483. F°. [Hain no. 2805.] Fund for Rare Books. Ficinus Florentinus, Marsilius. De triplici vita. [Parisiis, Wolf, I ca. 1492.] 16°. [Copinger no. 2497.] Fund for Rare Books. Firmicus Maternus, Julius. De nativitatibus. Venetiis, Simon de : Bevilauqua, 1497. F°. [Hain no. 7121 bis.] This is a first edition with a good example of a Xylographic Gothic i title, and a woodcut printer’s device on the last page. This work is quite rare, and, while not medical as a whole, contains much per- j taining to medicine. Presented by Drs. Charles W. Burr and Edward B. Krumbhaar. i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30800948_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
