Live auction - Lot 1245
[Medicine - Gynaecology]
De hominis primordiis hystericisque affectibus centones. Eiusdem de hippocratis magnis lienibus, Pliniique stomacae seu sceletyrbe epistola.
RONSSAEUS, Balduinus
Hammer price: €
1.700
€ 750 / 1.000
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Lot description
Leuven, R. Velpius for A. M. Bergagne, 1559
8vo: [32]-179 pp. (toned, sm. wormholes in blank margin of 1st ff.).
Old leather, spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, some def.). Good copy.
Extr. rare original ed. (2nd Leiden 1594) of a treatise on reproductive medicine by the humanist physician B. Ronssaeus or Ronsseius (Ghent 1525 - Gouda 1596), a pupil of the Leuven professor J. Thriverius. Woodcut ill. on title, 8 sm. woodcuts in-text. Printed in italics.
Ref. BT 9017 (only copy KBR). - Adams R-766. - Durling 3934. - Not in Wellcome, Limo.
Prov. Armorial stamp on title.