[Rarebooks] FS: Hugo Senensis' commentary on Galen's "Ars Medica." Venice: 1518

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(MEDICINE) Hugo, Benzi, Senensis (Hugo Senensis). EXPOSITIO UGONIS SENENSIS 
SUPER LIBROS TEGNI GALENI. (Venice: Impensa Heredum B. O. Scoti & Sociorum 
[B. Locatellus, pr.]. Jan. 19, 1518). Folio, 94 leaves (including the final 
blank). Double column text. Decorative woodcut initials. A very fine clean 
copy bound in early 20th century half vellum over paper boards, title 
hand-lettered on spine.     $3,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The third edition, after two incunable printings (1496 and 1498), of the 
Latin translation, attributed to Gerardus Cremonensis, of Galen’s ARS MEDICA 
with the extensive commentary of Hugo Senensis, (also called Ugo Benzi). Hugo 
(1376-1439) was a great physician and philosopher in his day. He taught at 
Pavia, Florence, Bologna and Parma, and went to France as physician to 
Charles VII. The 1518 edition appears to be a reprint of the 1498 Scotum edition 
(Goff H543). It is quite rare.   OCLC records 3 copies; NLM (#1845), Harvard 
& Johns Hopkins. It is not in the Wellcome Library. BL Italian STC p. 286.

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