Sales catalogue 11: R. Lier & Co.

Date:
1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/4
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 11: R. Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    9/226 page 5
    “ “a i ell 9) 10. AUGUSTIS, Quiricus de. Lumen apothecariorum. With fine large woodcut initial. Folio. Modern vellum. Venice, iam 2120,. Proctor 4546; Br.’ M. -V.,p: (347, Voull.. Berk. 3686;. No copy in America according to Census. Pellechet 1597. Very early text-book of pharmacology. The author was _ physician in Vercelli (14th century). The book deals in 15 sections with everything king of coloured wax. Marchpane (marzapanum) is mentioned here for the first time (Schelenz). We mention: « De electuaris amaris, de pulveribus de unguentis, de emplastris, de oleis, de artificio cere, de artificio zuchari de coctione, de trituratione etc. etc. The title (bearing only seven words) mis- sing, besides complete copy with wide margins. Some large but faint water- stains. 11. AVENZOHAR. Rectificatio medicationis e regininis. (Translated by Paravicius). — Averroes. Colliget. Two parts. Black letter. Two cols. 70 lines. 108 leaves. Folio. Limp vel- lum. Venice, Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis de For- livio, 1490-91. — Frs. 1.000.— Hain 2186. Pellechet 1652. Proctor 4513. B. p. 422. Not Voull. Berl. Br. Mi .V., 34). Choulant, Handbuch, p. 379: Very .rare. EDITIO PRINCEPS of Avenzohar (only two latter edi- tions of the 15th century known). « The greatest of the Jewish physicians of the Western Caliphate was the Cordovan Avenzoar, who died in 1162. He was one of the few men of his time who had courage enough to tilt against Galenism, and by his description of the itch-mite he may be accounted the first parasitologist after Alexander of Tralles. He also described serous pericarditis, pharyngeal paralysis, inflammation of the middle ear etc. His Teisir or « Rectification of the Health », is preserved in the Latin translation published at Venice in 1490 ». (Garrison). Averroes. The commentary of Averroes to Avenzohar (Colliget) is the chief work of this great Arabian author. Averroes exercised a potent influen- ce upon the intellectuel development of the West. He was born in 1126 at Cordova. This work, called Colliget, had in the Middle-Ages the authority of the Canon. It contains a perfect system of therapeutics. The first book treats of anatomy. ‘Copies, as ours, containing the two parts together are rarely to be found. The Averroes bound before the Avenzoar. A few very insignificant wa- terstains on a few leaves, but a very fine and sound copy. AVICENNA. Canon medicinae. (Translated by Ge- rardus Cremonensis). De viribus cordis. (Translated by Ar- naldus de Villa Nova). Black letter. Two cols. 60 lines. 442 leaves, first of which blank. Large printer’s device on black ground at the end. Large 4to. 18th century marbled vellum. Venice, Bonetus Locatellus, 1490. 'Frs. 950.— Hain-Copinger 2206. Pellechet 1665. Proctor 5021. Br. M. V., 438. Voull. Berl. 4166. Choulant, Handbuch, p. 364. No copy in America accor- ding to Census. Uncommon edition of this standard work in the history of medicine. The Canon is translated by Gerardus de Cremona, a little treatise by Avicenna is added: Libellus de viribus cordis. « Avicenna’s monumental figure stands out at the end of the tenth century, serving as an example and guide for a space of five hundred years, not only to the coming epoch and to Arabic civilisation, but to medicine in general, eclipsing all predecessors, including even Galen. The Canon stands for the Prices in Swiss Francs
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3