[Rarebooks] FS: 12 books of the 6th c. physician Alexander Trallianus. Lyons: 1576

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(MEDICINE) Alexander Trallianus. LIBRI DUODECIM. Joanne Guinterio Andernaco 
Interprete & Emendatore. Nunc Demum Joannis Molinaei... Annotationibus 
Illustrati... Lyons: (J. Quadratius, for) A. de Harsy. 1576. Sm. 8vo. 
804,(24)pp. With the final 2 blank leaves. Index. Cont. vellum, soiled. One leaf with 
a marginal repair touching a shoulder note.     $600.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
The 12 books of medicine of Alexander of Tralles was a 6th century classic 
and was often reprinted in both Greek and Latin. Our Latin translation by 
Johann Gunther first appeared at Strasbourg in 1549. Wellcome Medical Library 
I #214. See Stillwell. AWAKENING INTEREST IN SCIENCE, 1450-1550, III, #265.

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