Sales catalogue 1: R Lier & Co

Date:
28 November 1931
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/15
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 1: R Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ca, sean SANCTA SOPHIA, Galeatius de. Opus medicinae practicae saluberrimum, in nonum tractatum libri Rhasis ad regem Almansorem (cum textu), de curatione morborum particularium, — Libellus in artem parvam Galeni. Quae correxit Georgius Kraut. 4 and 125 leaves. With very fine historiated woodcut border around the title; title printed in red and black. Pretty woodcut initials. Folio. Old vellum. Hagenaw, Valentinus Kobian, 1533. Frs. 95. — Beautifully printed by this early Hagenau-press. ‘* Galeatius (Galeazzo) de S. Sophia (died of plague 1427), taught in Bologna and Padua, then from 1398 to 1406 in Vienna, where he becamo one of the most important teachers aud writers and body-physician to Dukes Albrecht IV. and V. After 1407 again in Padua ” (Neuburger-Playfair), According to Neuburger, it is doubtful, if Galeazzo is the author of the present work, The first ninety leaves comprise the commentary on the ninth book of the ‘‘ Liber ad Almansorem ’’, with the original text by Rhazes interpolated. Of this first part we mention the following divisions: Aegritudines corebri, nervorum, oculorum (14 leaves), aurium, narium, gingivae, linguaec, cordis, epatis, ani et matricis, ete. Then follow two pages of dedication of G. Kraut, and then the ‘ Introductio in artem parvam Galeni’’, — Stamp on title cancelled. Splendid copy. STROMER, Henricus, de Aurbach. Saluberrimae adversus pestilentiam observationes recens editae. Black letter. 26 leaves. With nice woodeut border around the title, in the finest Re- naissance style. Woodcut initials. Quarto. Modern half vellum. (Strassburg), Joannes Grue- ninger, 1518. Frs, 90. — Heinrich Stromer, from Auerbach (Bavaria), 1482-1542, professor of medicine and councilman at Leipzig, built ‘‘ Auerbach’s Keller ’’, celebrated through Goethe’s Faust. Dedicated by the author to Albrecht von Brandenburg, archbishop of Magdeburg and elector of Mayence, to whom he was body-physician. — We mention: De presagiis pestilentiae. De fuga. De salubritate acris conservanda. De fructibus et potu. De medicinis a peste preservantibus. Ete. — Fine copy. Rare. SAVONAROLA, Michele. (On cookery and dietetics, in Italian). Libreto de tutte le cose che se manzano communamente, e de sei cose non naturale: e le regule per conservare la sanita de li corpi humani. 63 (64) leaves. Ato. Boards. Venice, per B. Benalius, 1515. Frs. 80. — Brunet, V, 173. Michele (Giovanni) Savonarola (about 1390- 1462), professor of medicine at the university of Padova, later at Ferrara, was the grandfather of Girolamo Savonarola, the great religious reformer. ‘The work is divided into 26 chapters.. We only.mention: On rice, spinach, endive, beans, onion, lemons, plums, almonds, truffles, ‘musrooms, tarts; pullets,” capons, partridges, pheasants,: snipes, geese, ducks, beef, pork, fish, wine, vinegar, oil, spicery, étc. At the end a dietetical treatise. Our copy of this extremely rare Work lacks only the title which bears only a very few words. Complete copies are priced 250. to 300. Swiss Francs. (TORINUS, Albanus). Albani Torini collectio. De re medica huic volumini insunt: Sorani in artem medendi isagoge. Oribasii de victus ratione. Plinii de re medica libri V. APULEI. DE HERBARUM VIRTUTIBUS. Libellus de betonica. 12 and 126 leaves. With two fine metal borders by Jacob Faber after Hans Holbein. Numerous woodcut initial letters. Printer’s devices. Folio. Old wooden boards (damaged). Basel, A. Cratander, 1528. Frs. 85, — Choulant, Handbuch, p. 405-406: ‘‘ Seltene und wegen Plinius, und Apuleius gesuchte Sammlung, typographisch gut ausgestattet ’’. . First edition ‘of the tract ascribed to Soranus., Only edition of Oribasius’ tract. Of the Apuleius Barbarus exists only one earlier edition and another from the same year, printed at Paris. The libellus ‘‘ de herba betonica ’’ is a chapter of Apuleius’ herbal wich, in one of the manuscripts used by Torinus, was ascribed to Antonius Musa. The beautiful borders are quoted by Nagler, Monogr. III, pp. 914-15 (No. 6, 7 and 19). The upper margins of some leaves slightly damaged by dampstains not affecting the text, otherwise large, complete copy. UNDERWOOD, Michael. Traité des maladies des enfants. On a joint les Aieervations de Mr. Armstrong. 2 leaves, 16 pp., 468 pp., 3 leaves. Large 8vo. Paris, 1786. Frs. 22, — One of the best English books on diseases of children. Contains the first account of infantile poliomyelitis. Confer Ruhrah, Pediatrics of the Past, p. 447-453. inventis et iconismis illustrata describitur. 8 leaves, 176 (184) pp. With 10 copper—plates showing the anatomy of the ear. 4to. Old vellum. Bologna, 1704. Frs. 25, — First edition of this important work on the anatomy of the ear. Unfortunately 8 pp. (97-104) missing. The plates complete.
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