Lot 968
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SEXTUS PHILOSOPHUS (Sextus Placitus). De medicina animalium bestiarum, pecorum et avium. Cum scholiis G. Humelbergii. (Zurich, Chr. Froschauer), 1539. 122, (8) pp. Woodcut printer's mark on ti. & num. fine woodcut initials. Sm-4°. Mod. h. vellum w. marbled paper on sides, all edges red. (Old owner's entry on ti., margins a bit stained at the beginning).
This rare and early 16th-century medical treatise, attributed to the Platonic philosopher Sextus, concerns the treatment of diseases in animals, specifically domestic and farm animals such as cattle, sheep, and birds. The work is presented with detailed commentary by Gabriel Humelbergius of Ravensburg, a noted physician and humanist scholar of the Renaissance. - Wellcome I, 5072; VD16 P-3139; Adams P-1384.€ 550
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