Books from the Library of the Medical Society of London : an exhibition 14 January to 3 April 1985 / [compiled by John Symons].

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Date:
1985
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Credit: Books from the Library of the Medical Society of London : an exhibition 14 January to 3 April 1985 / [compiled by John Symons]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Association Copies ABULCASIS Liber theoricae necnon practicae. Augsburg: S. Grimm & M. Wirsung. 1519. With the signature of Charles Bernard [1650-1711], a distinguished surgeon and book collector, several of whose books are in the Medical Society's library. This is of interest as having been presented to Bernard by the anatomist Edward Tyson. GALEN Methodus medendi, vel de morbis curandis. Thoma Linacro ... interprete. [Edited by G. Bude.] Paris: D. Maheu for G. Hittorp. 1519. First edition of this translation by Thomas Linacre. This copy belonged to the 16th century Paris surgeon and book collector Francois Rasse Des Neux, who has noted that it was originally presented by the editor, Guillaume Bude, to his father Rasse Des Neux, surgeon to four kings of France and noted for his interest in the classical medical authors. GALEN De temperamentis, et de inaequali intemperie libri tres Thoma Linacro interprete. Cambridge: J. Siberch. 1521. STC 11536. The first of Linacre's translations of Galen to be printed in England, a product of the short-lived first Cambridge press of 1521-22 from which seven books have been recorded. This copy is of the second issue; copies exist of an earlier state omitting De inaequali intemperie. The title page has the signature of the Roman Catholic recusant physician Thomas Vavasour [fl. 1535-74]. HIPPOCRATES Bi(3\(a airama ••• Libri omnes. [Edited by J. Cornarius.] Basle: Froben. 1538. From the library of the Oxford physician Swithen Adee. -14-