Estienne, Henri

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Estienne, Henri
Dictionarium medicum, vel expositiones vocum [graecarum] medicinalium, ab verbum exerpta.... Cum latina interpretatione. No place [Geneva], Huldrich Fugger for Henri Estienne, 1564. In-8 (166 x 104 mm) of 608 pp, 14 ff.n.ch. Soft vellum, smooth spine with handwritten title (contemporary binding). Renouard, Estienne, 121:3; Schreiber, 151; Garrison-Morton, 6791; Heirs of Hippocrates, 361; Durling, 1402. Original edition. Famous dictionary, which gathers the writings of the great physicians of antiquity: Hippocrates, Aetius, Aretanus, Galen, Actuarius, Celsius and others; it is accompanied by notes of Henri Estienne as well as those of Conrad Gessner "This valuable Greek-Latin dictionary for the ancient medical writers defined and fixed a large number of anatomical terms, it exercised considerable influence on modern anatomical terminology. It was thus an important aid to the full understanding of the ancient texts" (Garrison-Morton). "This specialized lexicographical work provided a sample of what would be the monumental Greek Thesaurus, on which Estienne, since his father's death, was now working alone. Preceding Estienne's own Lexicon are several related ancient Greek texts, including the editio princeps of Erotian's lexicon to Hippocrates, and a corrected text of Galen's Linguarum Hippocratis explication" (Schreiber). "This medical dictionary was a significant achievement of Renaissance printing and Estienne's scholarship. It influenced Renaissance anatomical terminology because many anatomical terms were defined here for the first time" (Heirs). Small light spotting at the beginning and towards the end, binding a little stained. Provenance: note crossed out on title - Fournier (19th century signature on back cover).
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