Galeni Opera – Galen – 1514 | First Estienne Edition, Niccolò Leoniceno Medical Commentary

Galen Niccolò Leoniceno

Galeni opera – galen – 1514 | first estienne edition, niccolò leoniceno medical commentary | <em>galeni</em> <em>opera </em>(1514), printed by henri estienne in paris, features four major galenic treatises with commentary by niccolò leoniceno. An incredible text illustrating medical advancements (and lack thereof) across 1300 years from ancient greece well into the renaissance period.

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Galeni Opera (1514), printed by Henri Estienne in Paris, features four major Galenic treatises with commentary by Niccolò Leoniceno. An incredible text illustrating medical advancements (and lack thereof) across 1300 years from ancient Greece well into the Renaissance period.

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This 1514 printing of Galeni Opera is a post-incunable medical text published in Paris by Henri Estienne, one of the most influential scholar-printers of the French Renaissance. This work contains several of Galen’s primary treatises: De differentiis morborum, De inaequali intemperatura, De arte curativa ad Glauconem, and De crisibus. Niccolò Leoniceno’s commentary emerges from Renaissance scholarly medical traditions, indicating notable developments (and the lack thereof) in medicine from Greek antiquity to the sixteenth century, nearly 1300 years apart! This volume is one of the earlier publications from Estienne’s press and exemplifies the period’s scholarly revival of classical medical authors.

 

Bibliographic Details

  • Title: Galeni Opera. N. Leoniceno interprete. De differentiis morborum libri duo. De inaequali intemperatura liber unus. De arte curativa ad Glauconem libri duo. De crisibus libri tres.
  • Author(s): Galen
  • Contributor(s): Niccolò Leoniceno (Editor, Commentary)
  • Publisher: Paris, Henricus Stephanus (Henri Estienne)
  • Edition: First Estienne edition, 29 November 1514.
  • Format: Octavo, single volume
  • Binding: Original leather boards; modern period-style reback
  • Size: ~ 8.5 in x 6 in (21.6 cm x 15.2 cm)
  • Collation: 137 unnumbered leaves; Signatures: a-b⁸, c⁴, d-[e]⁶, f-k⁸, l⁴, m-s⁸, t⁶.
  • Contents Include:
    • De differentiis morborum libri duo. (Two books on the Differences of Diseases.)
    • De inaequali intemperatura libri unus. (Book One: Unequal Temperaments)
    • De arte curativa ad Glauconem libri duo. (Book Two: The Art of Healing addressed to Glaucon)
    • De crisibus libri tres. (Book Three: On Crises.)
  • Reference(s): Adams G 125

 

Condition:

Near Fine. The book retains its original leather-covered boards, framed by a gilt border. The spine has been rebacked in an appropriate period style, with gilt titling over a Moroccan label. The edges remain untrimmed. Internally, the paper presents a stable tone, with legible ink throughout. Leaves remain complete and show only minor signs of handling and moderate marginalia.

 

Why Collect This?

  • Early Henri Estienne imprint predating the Geneva period
  • Edited with commentary by Niccolò Leoniceno, esteemed Italian Renaissance humanist physician
  • Contains a full cycle of Galen’s clinical treatises
  • Showcases the significant progress and lack thereof across 1300 years in medical developments!
  • Original 16th-century, post-incunable text (numerous woodcut initials throughout)

Categories

Classical Greco-Roman

Medicine & Science

Authors

Galen Niccolò Leoniceno

Printing Date

16th Century

Language

Latin

Binding

Leather

Book Condition

Near Fine

Collation

Complete

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