Volume 1

Catalogue of the valuable and extensive collection of early medical works (including anatomy and surgery) : also a large and important collection of books & tracts on pestilence from the earliest times to the eighteenth century : the property of John [i.e. Joseph] Frank Payne, M.D. F.R.C.P. (deceased) ... which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... Wednesday, 12th of July, 1911, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

  • Joseph Frank Payne
Date:
1911
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Credit: Catalogue of the valuable and extensive collection of early medical works (including anatomy and surgery) : also a large and important collection of books & tracts on pestilence from the earliest times to the eighteenth century : the property of John [i.e. Joseph] Frank Payne, M.D. F.R.C.P. (deceased) ... which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... Wednesday, 12th of July, 1911, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Lot 583—continued. Drummond^' {of Hawthornden) on title {Geneva}), H. Come- linus, 1594—Abercrombie (Dr. D.) De Variatione, ac Varie- tate Pulsus Observationes, etc. 1685—Highmore (Dr. N.) De Passione Hysterica, etc. Oxon. 1660 — Briggs (Wm.) Ophthalmo-Graphia, Cantab. 1676; and 1 other sm. 8vo. (7) 584 Problemata Aristotelis ac Philosophorum Medicorumque com- plurium, limp vellum \2mo. Impensis Geo. Bishop, 1583 585 Professional Anecdotes or Ana of Medical Literature, portraits, etc. 3 vol. half calf, Knight c& Lacy, 1825—Physic and Physicians, a Medical Sketch Book, 2 vol. half morocco, 1839 —Golding (Benj.) Historical Accountof St.Thomas’s Hospital, half calf, \8\^ Svo. (6) 586 Prosperus Alpinus. De Medicina Methodica lib. XIII, Opus Novum, old calf, rebacked fol. Fatavii, Fr. Bolzetta, 1611 587 Psellus. Opusculum ad Augenda Conservadaqz. Sanitatem et Protogandam Vitam valde quam utile modo; sed etiam necessarium. Pselli de Victus Batione Geo. Valla interprete, lit. rom. long lines, 34 and 35 to a full page, 12 ll. with signs. impressus Erfordie per Wolffgangum Schenckem, anno 1499 {with device)—Interpretamentum leve in Psellum de Natura Ciborum Communion, lit. rom. {with Greek types), 12 ll. signs, a-c, absque nota {ib. 1) [IJain, 13535; notin Procter] ; in 1 vol. new vellum sm. 4to 588 Psellus (M.) De Operatione Daemonum Grsec^ cum Notis Gaul- mini curante Jo. Fr. Boissonade, Norimb. 1838—Frascatorius (Hieron.) Poemata On\n\&,Qtc. portrait, old calf, Patavii, 1718 —Scarpa (Ant.) De Penitiori OssiumStructuraCommentarius, plates, uncut, Placentia}, 1800—Gruner (Dr.C.G.) Morborum Antiquitates, Wratislavio}, 1774 8vo. (4) 589 Quersitanus (Josephus) The Practise of Chymicall and Her- meticall Physicke for the Preservation of Health, translated from the Latin by Thos. Timme, tiarit Irttrr {u-ants end after Aa. 3, some headlines cut into, hole in last leaf; sold not subject to return), half morocco, scarce sm. ito. T. Creede, 1605 590 [Rabelais]. Champier (Symphorian) Symphonia Galeni ad Hip- pocratem. Corn. Celsi ad Avicennam; una cum Sectis An- tiquorum Medicorum ac recentium; Item Clysteriorum Campi contra Arabum Opinionem pro Galeni Sententia a D. Symphoriano digesti, etc. half bound, uncut 8vo. s. 1. et a. [Lugduni, 1538] *** An extremely rare book of Champier’s, of which Allu knew only of the copy in the Biblioth^que Nationale. It is very interesting from its connection with Rabelais, who mentions it with ridicule in his Fictitious Catalogue of the Libraire St. Victor, “ Campi Clysteriorum par S. C.” 591 Rabelais. Hippocratis ac Galeni libri aliquot, ex Recognitione Fr-A-NCISCI Rabel<esi medici omnibus numeris absolutissimi, etc. original French binding of oak boards and stamped leather, with initials j. b. and date 1540 {worn and rebacked) 12mo. Lugd. Gryphius, 1532
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