A. Cornelius Celsus, profile bust on a pedestal. Engraving.
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Aulus Cornelius Celsus was a Roman scholar who wrote an encyclopaedic work encompassing agriculture, law, philosophy and medicine. Of this only the eight books on medicine, De medicina, are extant
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[Place of publication not identified] : [s.n]
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1 print : engraving ; sheet 11.9 x 10.4 cm
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Summam prudentiam moderationem que desiderat. A.C. Cels. lib. cap. 29
Lettering: quotation from Celsus's works on the pedestal
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Wellcome Collection 560558i
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