Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:
1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/6
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    DA ee S| on ig still unprinted. Cornarius’ translation of Aetius is still the best. Aetius’ work contains the best account of diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and teeth in ancient literature. In surgery, he supplies many of the last passages in Oribasius and describes modes of procedure (tonsilotomy, ure- throtomy, etc.), which are not to be found anywhere else. Choulant p. 134: Vollstiindige und neue Uebersetzung von J. Cornarius allein. — large copy. Janum Cornarium latine conscripti. 92 leaves, 469 leaves, 1 leaf. Printer’s device (repeated). Thick 8vo. Old limp vellum. Venice, Gryphius,’ 1549. Lit. 75.— 8vo edition... This copy contains only vol. 1 (the first eight books) ; the second volume was published separately. ALBERTUS MAGNUS. De secretis mulierum. De virtutibus herbarum, lapidum et animalium. Michaelis Scotus. De secretis — naturae. 358 pp., 7 leaves. With nice engraved title. 16mo, Old calf, back gilt. Amsterdam, Jansson, 1648. Lit. .°75.— tre libri. Nel primo si tratta delle virti: dell’erbe. Nel secondo delle virti delle pietre. Nel terzo delle virtt degli animali. 70 pp. Small 8vo. Wrappers. Venice, not dated (but XVIIth cen- tury). Lit. 40.— ALBERT MODERNE (Alletz, P. A.), ou nouveaux secret éprouvés et licites. 12 leaves, 358 pp., 1 leaf. 8vo. Old calf. Paris, (07723 Lilt. goa Contains a full-account of remedies and treats especially cosmetics. «Mal de dents, pommade pour blanchir le teint, petite vérole, maladies des yeux, pour teindre les cheveux, morsures de cousins, contre les dents rum. 342 leaves (badly numbered), 11 leaves. Printer’s device. 16mo. Boards. Lyons, Rovillius, 1561. Lit. 90.— Early Latin edition of this work which is a storehouse of very curious | chemical and medical recipes. « Alessio parcourut pendant 57 années les differentes contrées de l’Europe, recueillant des recettes precieuses. Son livre ne traite pas seulement des drogues mais des cosmétiques, des par- fums, des savons. etc. Il raconte qu’au moyen d’une drogue préparée avec de la rogée du romarin et quelques autres ingrédients il était parvenu & rajeunir de vieilles femmes infirmes » (Biogr. Gén.). — Title soiled; a few leaves waterstained. ‘Eiusdem Galeni encomium. Greek and Latin text. 8 and 171 leaves, 1 leaf. With woodcut initials and printer’s device. 8vo. Boards. Venice, Giunta, 1548. Lit’ “Wess Some slight waterstains. plantae, opobalsami, carpobalsami et xilobalsami cognitio elu- cescit. 6 and 26 leaves, 1 leaf. With two woodcuts (plants). Small 4to. Wrappers. Venice, 1591. . Lit. 125.— First edition. Pritzel 114. Early special treatise on balsam-plants. Ac- — Amyris, which Bartholinus is said to have seen in Alpinus’ garden at Padua. The present book started a rather extensive literature on the subject which margins, but good copy.