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![ONE OF THE TWo PRINcIPAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE STATE OF EcyptiaAN MEDICINE DURING THE FirruH CENTURY B.C. : 1472 a.b. [9g] DIODORUS SICULUS. Bibliotheca; Hlistoriarum priscarum a Poggio in latinum traducti. First Epirion. Roman Letter. Folio. Old vellum. Bologna, | Baldassarre Azzoguidi|, 1472. £21 Hain 6188. ““OQUR PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE STATE OF EGYPTIAN MEDICINE DURING THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C. are Heropotus anp Dioporus Sicutus.” (Garrison). Compare also Neuburger-Playfair I. p. 23; 29, 30: This copy does not contain the extra six folios, Tacitus, “De situ et moribus Germanorum” which is found at end of some copies. The British Museum copy also does not contain these leaves. 7 The first book printed in Bologna is dated 1471. Aw ENcycLopepia OF THE MIDDLE AGES, wiTH SECTIONS oF MEDIcaL INTEREST. Gothic Letter, double columns. ) Folio. Old binding of wooden boards covered with leather (back repaired). | [ Strassburg, Johann Mentelin, circa 1472. | (4200 } Hain 12908. THIS Is ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED ENCYCLOPEDIAS. It is arranged alphabetically by subjects. Sections of MEDICAL INTEREST are, DE CORPORE HUMANO, Dr MEDICINA, DE corporE, DE MORTE, DE sANGUINE, and among the authors quoted we find Avicenna, Albumasar and Averroes. A fine and perfect copy. Several leaves slightly stained. 1476 a.p. [11] CHRISTOPHORUS PARISIENSIS and OGNIBENT (Andrea). La Summetta, La Violetta; I] Lucidario. Italian fifteenth-century manuscript relating to medicine and alchemy, in red and black, written in a neat hand. 4to. Old vellum. C. 1476. £40 This curious work, while emphasizing the sin of practising the art of ALCHEMY, contains much information on THE NATURE OF MINERALS AND GASES; the transmutation of metals; the concoction of the elixir of life; the philosopher’s stone; rHysioLocy; and PsYCHIC PRACTISES. Appended is the text of the correspondence that passed between Christophorus Parisiensis and Andrea Ognibent on the subject-matter contained in this work, dated from Milan between the years 1470 and 1476. “Nothing is known of Christophorus Parisiensis. His date is given by Lenglet Dufresnoy as 1260; other writers say in general terms the thirteenth century. Even his name is varied, for Lenglet Dufresnoy calls him ‘Christophe de Paris ou de Perouse.’ ” “Schmieder has favoured us with a fanciful biography. As he was so little known he was pro- bably not a teacher in the university, but is to be looked for amongst the monks. In that case, however, it is not in France that he is to be found, but in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Albans. - Two Benedictines called “ Parisiensis” lived there and wrote a history; the e!lder to 1259, when he died, the younger to 1273. The latter is known as Matthew of Paris, and the two are usually confused under this name; but as it is unlikely the elder was also called Matthew, possibly he was Christopher. A good many writings are ascribed to him by Nazari, and his list is copied by Borel and subsequent writers. None of these have been printed, and if they ever existed, or if they exist now, are in manuscript.”—Ferguson, Bibliotheca Chemica. [6]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31642329_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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