Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/11
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280. SRS teat MONTUUS, Hieronymus (Jérome de Monteux). Dialexcon medi- cinalium libri duo. Ad. quae ad rationalis medici disciplinam per- tinent, libellus. 4 leaves, 184 pp., 12 leaves. With nice woodcut initials. Device on title. Small 4to. Modern calf. Lyons, M. Par- manterius, 1537. Frs. 50.— Scarce. Montuus practised at Montpellier; he was physician in ordinary to King Henri II. Confer for other particulars on Monteux, Terrebasse, Vie de Monteux, 1889. Contains a remarkable chapter on syphilis, p. 87 ff., not mentioned by Proksch. We also mention: Super Arabum mumia, super lichene herba, de enematum usu in calculi curatione, etc. Monteux (also in this work) was a great antagonist of Fuchs. — First and last leaves stained, besides fine copy. MONTUUS, H. Opuscula juvenilia. Viator sive itinerarium. — De admirandis facultatibus, ete. Five parts. 32, 56, 56, 38 pp., 1 leaf, 122 pp., 9 leaves. Hach part with different title border. Pretiy large woodcut initials on eriblé ground. Full-page coat of arms. Printer’s device (repeated). 8vo. Modern calf. Lyons, Jean de Tour- nes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1556. Frs. 35.— We mention: Amuletum. Annuli miram vim habentes. Cometarum formae. Comitialis morbus. Pestis. Somniantes. Etc. — Slightly browned. MONTUUS, H. Compendiolum curatricis scientiae longe utilis- simum. Ad. Sylloge de purgationibus. 254 pp. and 3 leaves. Border around the title. 8vo. Modern vellum. Lyons, 1556. Frs. 15.— First edition. — Margins slightly shaved by the binder’s knife. MORGAGNI, G. B. Adversaria anatomica omnia. 6 books in one vol. With fine engraved frontispiece enclosing the author’s por- trait, 11 well engraved plates and vignette on the title of each vol. Small folio. Old vellum. Padova, 1717-19. Frs. 35.— Rare edition of this standard work of anatomy. Except a few browned leaves fine and large copy with the excellent en- gravings. MORGAGNI, G. B. Opuseula miscellanea. Three parts. 4 leaves, 120, 75 and 84 pp. With engraved vignette on each part. Folio. Orig. boards. Venice, 1763. Frs. 22,.— Contains tracts on gall-stones, varices of the vena cava, calculi, etc., besides several writings on classical and literary subjects, e. g. debpers to Lan- cisi on the manner of Cleopatra’s death, etc. MORGAGNI, G. B. De sedibus et eausis morborum per anatomen indagatis. 2 vols. I: 2 leaves, 143 pp., 222 pp., 2 leaves, 310 pp.; II: 1 leaf, 442 pp., 1 leaf, 351 pp. 4to. Old boards. Louvain, 1766. Frs. 60.— Good edition of this standard work. “‘“The De sedibus et causis morborum constitutes the true fondation of modern pathologic anatomy ’’. Morgagni made pathology a genuine branch of modern science.
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