1561 GALEN Medicine Fevers Cures Jacques Dubois Sylvius Commentary Woodcuts RARE

1561 GALEN Medicine Fevers Cures Jacques Dubois Sylvius Commentary Woodcuts RARE

Jacques Dubois, also known as Jacob Sylvius, was a 16^th-century French anatomist who is best-known for his research and commentary on Hippocrates and Galen. This highly rare 16^th-century printing of Sylvius’s commentary on Galen focuses heavily on treating and care of fevers. Published in 1561, this edition was printed in Paris by Gilles Gourbin.

Item number: #19127

Price: $1250

DUBOIS, Jacques Sylvius

Iacobi Syluii medicae rei apud Parrhisios interpretis regii Commentarius in Claudij Galeni duos libros de differentiis febrium.

Parisiis : Apud AEgidium Gorbinum, sub insigne Spei, prope Collegium Cameracense, 1561.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 55 leaves, [2]
  • Signatures: A-G⁸
• References: curiously not in the USTC
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 11cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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