Deux livres des simples de Galien.Lyon, Etienne Dolet, 1542. 8vo. With a woodcut device on title-page and a larger version on the last page, both partly coloured by hand. Rubricated throughout. 19th-century vellum.
by GALENUS (GALEN), Claudius
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162[=163], [1] pp.First edition of a French translation from the Greek by the French physician Jean Canappe, of two chapters (5 and 9) from Galens pharmaceutical work later translated into Latin as the De simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus. Canappe would publish a full translation a few years later as Le livre des simples (1545).There is no name more illustrious in the whole history of medicine than that of Galen
Written in Greek, this Galenic treasure reached the Latin Western World only through Arabic translations (Hagelin).With the bookplate of Etienne Récamier (1833-1898), Bibliothèque Lyonnaise 1858-1893, some partly removed owners inscriptions on title-page and a few other inscriptions throughout. Some occasional smudges and stains, but otherwise in good condition.l Durling, A chronological census of renaissance editions and translations of Galen 1542.11; Krivatsy, Suppl. 16th century, 86; USTC 24275; not in Wellcome; cf. DSB V, pp. 227-235; Hagelin, Rare and important medical books, pp. 12-15.
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- Deux livres des simples de Galien.Lyon, Etienne Dolet, 1542. 8vo. With a woodcut device on title-page and a larger version on the last page, both partly coloured by hand. Rubricated throughout. 19th-century vellum.
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- GALENUS (GALEN), Claudius
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