Cl. Galeni Pergameni Asiani, excellentissimi semper, post unicum Hippocratem, medici ab omnibus habiti Opera quæ ad nos extant omnia / partim iampridem, partim penitus recens, à uiris doctissimis in Latinam linguam conuersa, & nunc multis recentissimis translationibus per Ianum Cornarium medicum physicum exornata, ab eodemq́[ue] recognita ... Accesserunt etiam nunc primum, capitum numeri & argumenta per Conradum Gesnerum Medicum in omnes libros ... His omnibus subiectus est index fœcundissimus, ab artis medicæ peritissimo conscriptus.
- Galen.
- Date:
- [mense Martio,] M.D. XLIX [1549]
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Also known as
Works. Latin. 1549
Cl. Galeni Pergameni ... Opera quae ad nos extant omnia
Opera quæ ad nos extant omnia
Publication/Creation
Basileae : [Apud Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium], [mense Martio,] M.D. XLIX [1549]
Physical description
10 volumes ; folio (38 cm)
References note
Wellcome cat. of printed books, I, 2514
Catalogue of medical books in Manchester University Library 1480-1700, 936.
VD 16, G128
Adams, G36
CLC, G58
Notes
Pagination: t.1: [32] p., 868, [4], 869-1315, [1] columns, [2] p.; t.2: 430, [2] columns; t.3: 756 columns, [2] p.; t.4: 844 columns, [2] p.; t.5: 1124 columns, [2] p.; t.6: 1100 columns, [2] p.; t.7: 294 columns, [1] p.; t.8: 430 columns, [1] p.; t.9 (Libri Isagogici): 280 [i.e. 288] columns; t.10 (Index): [352] p.
Publisher statement and full date of publication from colophon at end of t.1.
The "Libri Isagogici" (signed a-k⁶ l⁴ m⁶; t.9) are bound between the preliminary material and the beginning of the text of t.1; this work appears in some copies at the end of the last volume of the complete works.
Preliminary material in t.1 includes an index to all volumes of this edition and a general table of contents.
'Operum Galeni Libri isagogici artis medicae prima quaeque elementa complectentes, nullo tomorum numero insigniti, ut quocun[que] loco nolet, reponere lector possit' has special title page.
Tome 1 has special title page (leaf [2nd alpha]1) reading: 'Galeni Operum primus tomus classem primam continet, quae humani corporis fabricam ... tradit ... '; tomes 2-7 have separate title pages: 'Galeni Operum secundus [-septimus] tomus ... '; t.8 with title: 'Octavus tomus in quo insunt libri Galeno ascripti: ... '
Index with special title page: 'Index in tomos operum Cl. Galeni omnes magna denuo et solerti cura in medicinæ candidatorum gratiam conscriptus.'
Signatures: t.1: [alpha]⁶ [beta]⁴, ²[alpha]⁶, a-z⁶, A-N⁶ O⁶(O1+1) P-2I⁶ (2B3 signed B3); t.2: a-s⁶; t.3: a-z⁶, A-G⁶ H⁴ I⁶; t.4: a-z⁶, A-L⁶ M⁸; t.5: a-z⁶, A-Z⁶ & ⁶; t.6: a-z⁶, A-Z⁶; t.7: a-l⁶ m⁸; t.8: a-s⁶; t.9 (Libri Isagogici): a-k⁶ l⁴ m⁶; t.10 (Index): a-z⁶, A-E⁶ F⁸.
Each tome with separate pagination and signatures, apart from the Index (t.10) which is unpaginated.
With some errors in pagination.
With woodcut printer's device on each title page and at end of each tome; woodcut initials throughout.
Text printed in double columns.
Includes indexes.
Copy 1. Collective title page and prefatory material bound with index in final volume of set. Binding: 20th century calf reusing 18th century calf binding from boards.
Copy 1. Vol. 1. 16th century manuscript inscription on vol. 1 title page: 'Carolj In Castil San Luininianj M.D. doctor'. Ex libris stamp on title page: J.B.P.H. Caqué D.M. Rem. 1775.
Copy 1. Vol. 9. Contains 'Libri isagogi' and Index. 16th century manuscript inscription on title page: 'E lib Carolj Du Castis Mid. Doctor.' Also 18th century inscriptions: 'Ex Bibliotheca Maurice Sadourny, Dr. Médecin'. 'Libonime ne se rapproche jamais autour des Dieux, que lorsquil sauve la vie de ses malades.'
Copy 2. Vol. 1. Contains 'Libri isagogi'. Binding: 16th century limp parchment, remains of parchment clasps. 16th century manuscript signature at foot of title page: Hieronymus Prims. D. With manuscript notes.
Copy 2. Vol. 7-8. Contains Index. Tomes 7 and 8 bound in reverse order.
Type/Technique
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Subjects
Holdings
- Complete set
Where to find it
Vol. 1
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/D/2514/1.v1Vol. 2
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/D/2514/1.1.v2Vol. 4
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/D/2514/1.1.v4Vol. 6
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/D/2514/1.1.v6Vol. 9
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/D/2514/1.1.v9