Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:
1932-1933
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/27
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Peace 528 pp., 8 leaves. 4to. Old limp vellum. Venice, 1587. Frs. 38. — First Latin edition. Palau V, p. 159. Very exhaustive and important work on gywaecology and obstetrics. — Some leaves waterstained. ~- 75. MORGAGNI, G. B. De sedibus et cuusis morborum per anatomen indagatis, libri quinque. Two vols. in one vol. 84, 256 and 388 pp. With por- trait. Folio. Half calf. Padova, 1765. Frs. 75. — ‘* It consists of five books of letters, 70 in number, written in an engagingly communicative manner, and constituting the true foundation of modern pathologic anatomy, in that, for the first time, the records of postmortem findings are brougbt into correlation with clinical records on a large scale. As Virchow said, he introduoed the ‘ Anatomical conception ’ into medical practice ’’. 76. ORIBASIUS. Euporista. J. B. Rosario interprete. 256 pp., 24 leaves. Small 8vo. Modern vellum. Venice, 1558. Frs. 40. — Choulant, Handbuch, p. 124. ‘‘ Oribasius’ Euporista, or popular treatise on medicine, had the rare merit of avoiding any current superstitions and inculcating sound therapeutic doctrine’? (Garrison). ae Tp PALLIERIUS, P. De vera lactis genesi et usu disquisitio medico- anatomica. 12 leaves, 145 pp., 5 leaves. Small 4to. Old boards. Genoa, 1663. Frs. 55, — This little work is very rare. Jt is based on Aselli’s, Pecquet’s and Bartholinus’ important works on the lacteal vessels, the ‘ receptaculum chyli’ etc. The first 14 chapters deal with the ‘chylus’. The following 10 chapters deal with lymphatics and ‘ De novo lactis usu’. — A few waterstains. 78. PARACELSUS. Opera, durch Joannem Huserum in Truck gegeben. — Chirurgische Buecher und Schrifften. Alltogether three parts in two stout volumes. 6 leaves, 1127 pp., 26 leaves; 4 leaves, 691 pp., 6 leaves; 6 leaves, 795 pp., 19 leaves. Title of each part printed in red and black; se- veral curious woodcuts. Folio. Original vellum. Strassburg, 1616 and 1618. Frs. 375. — Sudhoff 300, 301 and 802 — This folio-edition is the most complete of all and irreplaceable for the surgical part. ‘‘ Paracelsus was the precursor of chemical pharmacology and therapeutics, and the most original medical thinker of the 16th century ’’ (Garrison). — Of greatest importance is the third part, containing Paracelsus’ surgical works. — Our copy is absolutely complete (com- plete copies with all the three parts are very rare) and in very fine condition. 79. PAULUS OF AEGINA. Medicinae totius enchiridion. Albano To- rino interprete. 34 leaves, 767 pp. 8vo. Old vellum. Basel, 1551. Fre. 48. — Choulant p. 142. — Good edition of this classical work. Paulus of Aegina (beginning of 7th century) enjoyed great fame as surgeon and obstetrician. He gives the fullest account we have of the eye surgery and military surgery of antiquity. 80. PETIT, J. L. Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations. Three vols. With portrait of the author and 90 engraved folding plates showing surgical instruments, Large 8vo. Original half calf. Paris, 1790. Frs. 42. — Very exhaustive French surgical work, ‘* Petit, the leading French surgeon of the early eighteenth century, was the inventor of the screw- tournique and gave the first account of softening of the bones ’’ (Garrison). — A few wormholes. 81. PETRUS DE ABANO. Expositio in brain problematum Aristo- telis. — Alexandri Aphrodisaei problemata. -— Plutarchi problemata. Black letter. 296 leaves. Folio. Modern half vellum. Venice, Bonetus Locatellus, 1501. Frs. 55. — Valuable edition of this compendious work which is of greatest medical interest. ‘‘ A stricking figure in the literature of the period is Peter of Abano, who shares with Arnold of Villanova the medical honours of the thirteenth century’? (Osler). — The upper part of the last ten leaves oi/- stained without affecting the text, repairs on last leaf — therefore the very low price. Besides complete copy. 82. (PHILALETHA). — Wedel, G. Introitus apertus ad occlusum regis palatium in gratiam artis chimicae filiorum publicatus. 14 leaves, 79 PP) 2 leaves. 8vo. Modern half vellum. Jena, 1699. Frs. 38. Caillet 11055. — Rare. — ‘* Philaletha’s Introitus is an abridgement or digest of the whale turba philosophorum. It is a treatise of practical alchemy ’’ (Waite). — Slightly browned. PRICES IN SWISS FRANCS INCLUDING ALL INCIDENTAL EXPORT EXPENSES. PHLE | Ce