The Fasciculus Medicinae of Johannes de Ketham
by KETHAM, Johannes de
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About This Item
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1988. hardcover. fine. Facsimile of the First (Venetain) Edition of 1491. With English Translation by Luke Demaitre. Commentary by Karl Sudhoff. full page plates, several in color or folding. 129pp. folio, full burgundy leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1988.<br/><br/> "A collection of short medical treatises which circulated widely in manuscript, some as early as the 13th century...The great importance of this book is that it includes the first printed anatomic illustrations of any kind." GM 363.<br/><br/>
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- Title
- The Fasciculus Medicinae of Johannes de Ketham
- Author
- KETHAM, Johannes de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- 1
- Publisher
- Classics of Medicine
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Demaitre,Luke, transl.;Sudhoff,Karl, commentary
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