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PAUL OF AEGINA (625-690 AD). De medica materia libri septe. Venice: Giunta, 1532.
Copy of this scarce edition of the corpus of works by Paul of Aegina. It is a compendium in seven books, held in high esteem by Arabic physicians and the Italian medical schools of the Renaissance, full of valuable information and original observations, among which the description of the operation of the bladder stone and that of the inguinal hernia, which was considered classic until the end of the 18th century, is of particular importance. 2 works in one volume, folio, (322 x 220 mm). Woodcut printer's device to title-page and colophon, woodcut head; and tailpieces [BOUND WITH:] OROZCO, Cristobal. Annotationes in interpretes Pauli Aeginetae Christophoro Oroscio Authore. Venice: Lucantonio Giunti, 1536. 2 parts in 1 vol. printer's device to title-page, woodcut headpieces and initials (the first 7 leaves of the work with losses to margins, dampstains to several leaves becoming more pronounced in the last gatherings, gathering Y with stains in the lower margin and a gap in Y1 that affects the text, wormholes to first and final leaves, some touching the text). Modern binding with gilt title on spine, red edges. (1)
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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GALIGAI, Francesco (16th cent.). Pratica d'arithmetica. Florence: Giunti, 1548.
GALIGAI, Francesco (16th cent.). Pratica d'arithmetica. Florence: Giunti, 1548.
ESTIMATE € 500 - 800
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PIETRO DA CORTONA (1596-1669). Tabulae anatomicae. Rome: Antonio de Rossi per Fausto Amidei, 1741.
PIETRO DA CORTONA (1596-1669). Tabulae anatomicae. Rome: Antonio de Rossi per Fausto Amidei, 1741.
ESTIMATE € 2,000 - 3,000
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PAUL OF AEGINA (625-690 AD). De medica materia libri septe. Venice: Giunta, 1532.
PAUL OF AEGINA (625-690 AD). De medica materia libri septe. Venice: Giunta, 1532.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
