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Celso, Aulo Cornelio - In hoc volumine haec continentur. Aurelii Cornelii Celsi medicinae libri VIII - 1528
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Celso, Aulo Cornelio. In hoc volumine haec continentur. Aurelii Cornelii Celsi medicinae libri VIII. Venezia, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri, 1528 - marzo (in fine). Prima edizione Aldina del più antico documento medico dopo gli scritti di Ippocrate. Rimane il più grande trattato medico dell’antica Roma e la prima storia della medicina occidentale. Questa edizione, curata da Giovanni Battista Egnazio, il cui nome figura nella prefazione, include anche una poesia sulla medicina e sulla storia naturale di Quinto Sammonico Sereno (in latino Quintus Sammonicus Serenus). In-8°, 8 cc. non num. incluso il frontespizio, 164 pagg. num. (errori di numerazione alle pagg. 82, 145, 147 e 150). Ancora aldina sulla prima e ultima carta, testo in latino, numerosi spazi con letterine guida per le iniziali, postille e sottolineature manoscritte a china, prefazione di Giovanni Battista Egnazio, indice, in fine una poesia di Quinto Sammonico Sereno. Completo. Esemplare genuino in più che buone condizioni. Leggere macchie ai margini di alcune pagine interne, legatura ben salda. Adams C-1241; Ahmanson-Murphy 250; Durling 908; Heirs of Hippocrates 21; Norman 428; Wellcome 1397.

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Celso, Aulo Cornelio - In hoc volumine haec continentur. Aurelii Cornelii Celsi medicinae libri VIII - 1528

Celso, Aulo Cornelio - In hoc volumine haec continentur. Aurelii Cornelii Celsi medicinae libri VIII - 1528

Celso, Aulus Cornelius.
In this volume, the following are contained. The eight books of medicine by Aulus Cornelius Celsus. Venice, in the houses of Aldus, and Andrea Asulanus, his father-in-law, 1528 - March (at the end).

First Aldine edition of the oldest medical document after the writings of Hippocrates.
It remains the greatest medical treatise of ancient Rome and the first history of Western medicine.
This edition, curated by Giovanni Battista Egnazio, whose name appears in the preface, also includes a poem about medicine and the natural history of Quintus Sammonicus Serenus.

In-8°, 8 non-numbered cc. including the title page, 164 numbered pages (pagination errors on pages 82, 145, 147, and 150).
Still aldina on the first and last card, text in Latin, numerous spaces with guiding letters for the initials, handwritten notes and underlinings in ink, preface by Giovanni Battista Egnazio, index, and finally a poem by Quinto Sammonico Sereno.
Complete.

Genuine copy in more than good condition.
Read stains at the margins of some internal pages, binding well secured.

Adams C-1241; Ahmanson-Murphy 250; Durling 908; Heirs of Hippocrates 21; Norman 428; Wellcome 1397.

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