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Title: 1565 RENAISSANCE EDITION OF GALEN antique FOLIO 16th century FAMOUS MEDICAL WORK

Description: CLAUDIUS GALENUS
Galeni ascripti Libri qui variam Artis Medicae
Venice, published by Giunti, 1565
The works attributed to Galen, the famous Roman physician, including various medical and pharmaceutical texts.
Rare and fine collection of medical and pharmaceutical works attributed to the renowned Roman physician, one of the giants of Western medicine.
The volume includes several brief Galenic studies on various topics, such as De Partibus sui, De Anatomia Vivorum, De Spermate on semen, De Vinis on wine, De Simplicibus Medicamentis on the pharmacological use of various plants, De Anatomia Oculorum on ophthalmology, and De Utilitate Respirationes on respiration.
Additionally, there is a collection of medicinal recipes titled Liber Secretorum.
Lastly, Prognostica ex Mathematica Scientia, in which astrology is claimed to be useful in medicine, sharing an interest in astrology.
Re-bound in half leather over cardboard. New endpapers.
Stunning full-page engraved title page with eight medical-themed vignette engravings.
The title is centered and decorated with the mark of the famous Venetian printers.
Printer's mark repeated at the end.
117 leaves
Occasional toning, spots to some leaves at the end
Folio: 10 by 13.5
Text in Latin

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1565 RENAISSANCE EDITION OF GALEN antique FOLIO 16th century FAMOUS MEDICAL WORK

Name: 1565 RENAISSANCE EDITION OF GALEN antique FOLIO 16th century FAMOUS MEDICAL WORK
SKU: 234946144
Price: 460 USD
Availability: InStock