MESUE DAMASCENUS (JOANNES, 'The Younger')Domini Mesue Vita. Doctorum artis peonie cognomina. Canones universales divi Mesue de consolatione medicinarum, 2 parts in 1 vol., title printed in red and black within decorative woodcut border, woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device at end of Part 1, some mostly light browning and spotting (heavier in a few signatures), old vellum with yapp edges, titled in ink on spine, some soiling and ink spots, wanting ties, tears to paste-downs [Durling 3137; USTC 155945], small 8vo, Lyon, Antoine du Ry for Giacomo & Francesco Giunti, 1531Footnotes:Scarce edition of the collected writings of Mesue, physician in Baghdad and at the court of Harun al Rashid, with commentary and additions by other physicians. The Life of Mesue and Doctorum artis peonie cognomenta are by the famous Lyon physician and heretic Symphorien Champier (1471-1538), to whom Rabelais erected a satirical monument in Gargantua and Pantagruel.Provenance: Alessandro Borsi, bookseller; Antonio Jovii, purchase note on front free endpaper ('Questo libro lo com-pró Antonio Jovii da Alessandro Borsi Libraro 1755') and inscription at foot of title-page.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.

Complete with 348pp., numbered in ink [1], 1-187, 187-346 (i.e. 187 used twice).Signature OO towards end with heavier spotting.One leaf with small repair to top outer corner. One leaf torn in lower margin not affecting text.Binding slightly pulling away where paste-downs torn, but not unattractive overall.