Sales catalogue 12: R. Lier & Co.

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/8
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 12: R. Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a depict people in different occupations, some of which of a rather unusua character, others food, animals, plants, etc. — See reproduction p. 104. Til: Furno. (Vital du Four?, a Franciscan friar, (d. about 1327) was bishop at Albano in 1321. 9). Extremely rare. Apparently unique independent edition of his medical work. Not described by the medical bibliographers. The work is of great pharmaceutical and medical-botanical and also alchemical interest. Besides some chapters deal in detail with the healing of eye-and teeth-diseases. We only mention: De monstris, hernia, colica passione, cholera, de capitis passionibus, de lacte cameli, caprino, mar- garita lapide, mandragora, de magnete, pipere, rosemarino, de natura salis, de sapphiro, ete. etc. The work is also remarkable as printed in a magnificent large type by Schoeffer’s famous press in Mainz. Schoeffer finishes his work with the following colophon: ‘‘ Moguntiae apud Ivonem Schoeffer (a cuius proavo voanne Faust, chalcographice olim in urbe Moguntiaca primum, nec usquam alibi, inventa exercitaque est) ’’. A few tiny wormholes through the first leaves of the first work touching a few letters, insignificant spots on bottom margins of last leaves of the third work, stamp cancelled: two former owner’s inscriptions on title of the first work, bunt splendid copies of the three books in a fine original binding. 268. SERVETUS, Michael. Syruporum universa ratio, ad Galeni censuram diligenter expolita. Cui, post de concoctione disceptationem, praescripta est vera purgandi methodus. 70 lea- ves, 1 leaf. With fine woodcut initials on ground criblée. 8vo. Calf. Paris, Colinaeus, 1537. Frs. 325.— OF UTMOST RARITY LIKE ALL COPIES OF THE VERY FEW WORKS BY THIS FAMOUS AUTHOR. ‘6 Servetus (1509-53), whom Calvin caused to be buined at the stake for a mere juggling of verbiage, was one of the world’s martyrs for ‘‘ The crime of honest thought ’’? (Garrison). His principal work ‘‘ Re- stitutio Christianismi ’’, of which only the copies at Paris and Vienna are known to exist, was burned with his author. ‘¢The tragic story of Michael Servetus hardly affected the course of anatomy, save in so far as his doctrine of tho lesser circulation may have influenced Colombo and through him Harvey. It has not usually been observed that Servetus practically reverts from the physiology of Galen to that of Erasistratos adopting two kinds of spirit instead of three ’’. Confer Singer, Evolution of anatomy, pp. 32-33 and pp. 140. According to our knowledge, no copy of the present work has been offered for sale sinco many years. — Our copy is not in irreproachable condition. Wormholes, having affected a few words in the middle of se- veral leaves, repaired by an early hand and the few missing letters substituted by hand-writing. Some waterstains, besides a complete copy of this highly interesting work. 969. SEVERINUS, Marcus Aurelius. De efficaci medicina libri tres. 7 leaves, 297 pp., 7 leaves. With several surgical wood- cuts. Folio. Old vellum. Frankfurt, 1646. Frs. 25.— We gquothe the following headings: De angiologia, phlebotomia, pa- racentesibus, chirurgia quae ad ossa_ pertinet, de cucurbitulis, de seta- ceis, ete. — Entirely browned as usual. , Prices in Swiss Francs