IN ARTEM MEDICINALEM GALENI TABULAE ET COMENTARII [Bound with] IN GALENI LIBRUM DE CONSTITUTIONE ARTIS MEDICAE, TABULAE & COMMENTARIJ
- Hardcover
- Basileae [Basel]: Per Joannem Oporinum, [1561]
Basileae [Basel]: Per Joannem Oporinum, [1561]. Hardcover. Folio, [14], 5-36, [4], 111, [1]; [8], 9-24, 27-30, [4], 38 pages [Lacking first title page and pp. 25/26 in second work]. Two works bound together, as is common, with same date of publication and imprint. In Good minus condition. Bound in contemporary or early full vellum. Vellum moderately yellowed and stained with significant wear to corners and complete loss of vellum to top and bottom compartments of paneled spine. Later repairs to vellum around bands of spine, and splitting to both joints. Evidence of ties having been removed from board fore edges. Text block lightly age toned with light plus foxing and damp staining along lower edge. Title page of second work shows Oporinus's printer's device, depicting Arion of Lesbos standing on a dolphin.
[Oversized book. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.] KL Consignment. [Shelved in Room A Oversized]. The text of 'Ars Medicinalis' and 'De Constitutione Artis Medicae' by Galen with commentary by Theodor Zwinger (1533-1588, Swiss physician and humanist) and printed by Zwinger's uncle, Johannes Oporinus. Oporinus had worked in the workshop of Johann Froben during his time as a student at the University of Basel; he also, at the age of 20, acted as Paracelsus' assistant during the latter's time in Basel. Oporinus subsequently ran his own workshop while simultaneously acting as professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Basel, but ultimately gave up teaching to focus exclusively on printing. Oporinus's press produced several notable and controversial works, including the first edition of Vesalius's 'De human corporis fabric' and the first-ever printed edition of the Qur'an, a Latin translation for which he was briefly imprisoned. 1383019. Special Collections.
[Oversized book. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.] KL Consignment. [Shelved in Room A Oversized]. The text of 'Ars Medicinalis' and 'De Constitutione Artis Medicae' by Galen with commentary by Theodor Zwinger (1533-1588, Swiss physician and humanist) and printed by Zwinger's uncle, Johannes Oporinus. Oporinus had worked in the workshop of Johann Froben during his time as a student at the University of Basel; he also, at the age of 20, acted as Paracelsus' assistant during the latter's time in Basel. Oporinus subsequently ran his own workshop while simultaneously acting as professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Basel, but ultimately gave up teaching to focus exclusively on printing. Oporinus's press produced several notable and controversial works, including the first edition of Vesalius's 'De human corporis fabric' and the first-ever printed edition of the Qur'an, a Latin translation for which he was briefly imprisoned. 1383019. Special Collections.