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Author	Paul of Aegina with commentary by Janus Cornarius (1500-1558)
Title	Pauli Aeginetae TOTIUS REI MEDICAE Libri VII .. IANI CORNARII Medici Physici, Dolabellarum, in Paulum Aeginetam medicum, libri VII.
PlacePub	Basel
Publisher	Hervagius
Date	1556
Illustrations	Hervagius' printer's mark on TP & colophon + a few fine large historiated initials
Description	Folio limp glace parchment (1" split to front hinge at head and foot/edges rubbed & slight creasing & marks but entirely sound and neat) (24pp)+358pp +(2)+82pp (lacking the final blank) Titlepage with 2 names crossed out & 3 round library stamps (1" diameter), collation of first gathering a bit strange but catchwords correct. Marginal faint damp mark throughout but only touching a few letters on some pages. Two worm tracks to margins toward end and a few corners creased with dusty corner of last leaf silked. A clean crisp copy with a very few old marginalia in a handsome typeface with side notes & wide margins. *Medical works of the Byzantine Greek physician Paul of Aegina, here translated into Latin and with extensive commentary by Cornarius, in a rare Basel edition (see Durling 3561 & copy in Vatican Library).
Booknumber	V66117
Price	Price: GBP 675.00 or USD 999.00
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