[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of the collected works of 15th c. physician Leoniceno. Basel: 1532

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(MEDICINE) Leoniceno, Nicolo. OPUSCULA: QUORUM CATALOGUM VERSA PAGINA
INDICABIT. [Edited by] Andream Leennium, Medicum... Basel: (And.
Cratandrum et Jo. Bebelium). 1532. Folio. ff.(4),175,(1). Woodcut
printer’s device on title and on the verso of the final leaf. Early
vellum with blind-stamped arms on both covers. Morocco spine label.
Vellum somewhat soiled & with a small gouge to the front cover. Neat
inscription of a previous owner on the title page and small blind stamp
of the same on the margins of some leaves.  $3,000.00 (trade discount
allowed)
The first edition of the collected works of the physician Leoniceno
(1428-1524), which includes his medical writings on Galen, Pliny the
Elder, snake venom, syphilis, etc. Wellcome #3743; Durling #2788. See
Garrison and Morton #1798 and #2363.

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