GALIEN, CLAUDE

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GALIEN, CLAUDE
De sectis medicorum Georgio Valla interprete, libellus. Paris, Henri Estienne, 20 April 1518. Small in-4 (208 x 140 mm) of 31 ff. ch. (misquoted 29), title in a large woodcut border. Modern boards. Renouard, Estienne, 20:5 Durling, 1934. Missing from Schreiber. First edition printed by Estienne. It contains George Valla's commentary on Galen's De Sectis Medicorum, as well as those on Alexander's De Febribus Aphrodisius. The end of the volume is occupied by Andreas Patavius' interpretation of Hippocrates' De Natura. Very rare, this edition is not listed by Schreiber. Provenance: H.P. Kraus (bookplate).
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