"De re medica libri octo. Accessere in primum eiusdem, Hieremiae Thriveri Brachelii commentarij doctissimi; in reliquos vero septem, Balduini Ronssei Gandensis, Reipub. Goudanae medici, Enarrationes"
Leiden
Plantin Press (Franciscus Raphelengius)
1592
4to: [24]-752-[14] pp. Woodcut mark on title. A few woodcut diagrams and illustrations (i.a. pp. 701-702). (missing final Errata leaf; some toning and spotting, occasional marginal dampstaining or worming, last f. stained). Contemp. calf, spine with 4 raised bands (loosening, spine def.). Good copy
Extensive annotated edition by the Ghent born Gouda physician Ronssaeus (1525-1596) (Boudewijn Ronsse) of the major Roman medical book. Liminary verses by Leiden professors, i.a. B. Vulcanius. Ref. Bibl. Belg. I:479-480 C-774. - Typ. Bat. 1053. - Wellcome I.1405 - STCN 058215417. - Adams C-1249. "" The 'De Medicina' is the oldest medical document after the Hippocratic writings. Written about A. D. 30, it remains the greatest medical treatise from ancient Rome, and the first Western history of medicine. The manuscript was lost during the Middle Ages and re-discovered in Milan in 1443. "" (Garrison-Morton 20) Prov. Old ownership entry on title (erased). F. A. Sondervorst (Leuven professor of medicine, 1909-1986; bookpl.)
