[Rarebooks] FS: Vega's Latin translations of Hippocrates' aphorisms. Venice: 1571

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Vega, Cristobal de. COMMENTARIA IN LIBRUM APHORISMORUM HIPPOCRATIS. Venice: Apud Gratiosum Perchacinum. 1571. 8vo. (16),472,(16)pp. Plus a repetition of gathering "S" (pp. 273-288). Index. Large woodcut device on title page. Cont. limp vellum, soiled, hand lettered spine. Ownership inscription of Stefano Francesco Pastore on blank verso of final leaf.	$850.00 (trade discount allowed)
Vega (1510-1573?) practiced and wrote about medicine, and was also a translator of Greek and Latin texts. This translation into Latin of Hippocrates' aphorisms was first published in Lyon in 1563. This is the only Italian edition of this important work. Palau 354523. Not in BL Italian STC or Adams.


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