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HIPPOCRATES (c.460 B.C.-c.370 B.C.) and CLADIUS GALENUS (c.130-c.210)
Opera. Paris: A. Pralard, 1649, 1679. 13 vols in 10, 2° (416 x 266mm). 10 engraved plates to rear of vol. XI-XII, title-pages printed in red and black with portrait vignettes of Hippocrates and Galen to vols I, VII and XI, woodcut vignette to title-page of other vols, woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout, titles in Latin, text in double columns in Latin and Greek. (Cancel slips to title-pages of vols II-V and XIII, some light dust soiling throughout, fore-edges weakened by worming, vol. I pp27-70 worm holes to margins repaired, vol. VIII title-page with tear to gutter and fore-edge, the latter repaired, vol. XIII Ppiiii lower corner with tear repaired, other occasional minor tears to margins.) Early nineteenth-century half vellum, spine gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, these lettered in gilt (spine ends rubbed, vellum darkened in places, lowest compartment to spine of vol. VIII and upper compartment to spine of vol. X missing). Provenance: the Athenaeum, the club's library plate to the front pastedown of each volume: 'presented by Whitelock Nicholl MD' (27th November, 1832) and the club's emblem stamped in gilt to spine.
FIRST ISSUE OF VOLUME XI WITH THE TEN MEDICAL PLATES. In addition to the works of Hippocrates, the major works of Galen, who substantially contributed to the Hippocratic understanding of pathology, are to be found here. Galen's principle interest was human anatomy, and among his major contributions to the field of medicine were his work with the circulatory and nervous systems. Influenced by Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics, he also wrote about logic and philosophy. Volumes II to V, and XIII are re-issues, with imprint dates altered from 1639 to 1679 by cancel slips, whilst volume IX is, according to Krivatsy, incorrectly dated 1689. Welcome III, p.269; Krivatsy 5624; Brunet III, 171.
Opera. Paris: A. Pralard, 1649, 1679. 13 vols in 10, 2° (416 x 266mm). 10 engraved plates to rear of vol. XI-XII, title-pages printed in red and black with portrait vignettes of Hippocrates and Galen to vols I, VII and XI, woodcut vignette to title-page of other vols, woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout, titles in Latin, text in double columns in Latin and Greek. (Cancel slips to title-pages of vols II-V and XIII, some light dust soiling throughout, fore-edges weakened by worming, vol. I pp27-70 worm holes to margins repaired, vol. VIII title-page with tear to gutter and fore-edge, the latter repaired, vol. XIII Ppiiii lower corner with tear repaired, other occasional minor tears to margins.) Early nineteenth-century half vellum, spine gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, these lettered in gilt (spine ends rubbed, vellum darkened in places, lowest compartment to spine of vol. VIII and upper compartment to spine of vol. X missing). Provenance: the Athenaeum, the club's library plate to the front pastedown of each volume: 'presented by Whitelock Nicholl MD' (27th November, 1832) and the club's emblem stamped in gilt to spine.
FIRST ISSUE OF VOLUME XI WITH THE TEN MEDICAL PLATES. In addition to the works of Hippocrates, the major works of Galen, who substantially contributed to the Hippocratic understanding of pathology, are to be found here. Galen's principle interest was human anatomy, and among his major contributions to the field of medicine were his work with the circulatory and nervous systems. Influenced by Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics, he also wrote about logic and philosophy. Volumes II to V, and XIII are re-issues, with imprint dates altered from 1639 to 1679 by cancel slips, whilst volume IX is, according to Krivatsy, incorrectly dated 1689. Welcome III, p.269; Krivatsy 5624; Brunet III, 171.