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Medical Library of Gerald I. Sugarman, MD
1:00 PM PT - Nov 20th, 2008

 

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3 works by Fernel bound together

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Title: Therapeutices universalis
Author: Fernel, Jean
Description: 3 works in 1, comprising: Therapeutices universalis, seu medendi rationis, libri septem. [bound with] De abditis rerum causis libri duo. [bound with] Consiliorum liber. Preface by Guillaume Cappel. 546, [30] index; 264, [16] index; 174, [2] blank pp. (8vo) 6½x4, period full vellum, yapp edges, manuscript title on spine, recent suede ties.The works of Jean Fernel, physician to Henri II, were influential and published in numerous editions throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. These 3 works form the complete third part of his collected medical works "Universa medicina" first published in Paris in 1567. Durling 1473. Wellcome Cat. I - 2201, 2211, 2217.
Heading: Place Published: Lyons
Publisher: Thomas Soubron & Moysen des Prez.
Date Published: 1597

Condition report

Ex-library, with remnants of shelf label on spine, vellum darkened and chafed; endpapers replaced, with manuscript sheet backing front cover; title page dusty with wormhole (no loss), marginal staining and occasional foxing throughout; otherwise good.

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