BOOK, Medicine: The Works of Hippocrates, 1553/4.

Hippocratis Coi medicorum [...] Opera quae apud nos extant omnia. Per Ianum Cornarium.

Lyon, apud Ant. Vincentium, 1553 (colophon: 1554). 8vo. 16,3 x 10,5 cm. [40] + 540 leaves. Woodcut device on title.

Contemporary blindstamped pigskin, lightly soiled but well preserved, ties missing, spine lettered “Hippocratis Opera Omnia”. Leaf 288 with a short tear in upper margin, affecting the first line of text (no loss). Occasional old underlinings and annotations. Bookplate of Falk Simon.

The works of Hippocrates, “The Father of Medicine”. Hippocrates of Cos lived in the fifth century BC, was a Greek physician and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. Though attributed to Hippocrates and his school, the Hippocratic corpus was likely brought together in Alexandria, and for centuries exerted a huge influence on the development of Western medicine. This book is one of the fundamental texts of Western medicine, and first appeared in a printed Latin edition in 1525.

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