CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius (ca 25 B.C.-ca 50 A.D.). De medicina. Milan: Leonardus Pachel and Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1481.
CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius (ca 25 B.C.-ca 50 A.D.). De medicina. Milan: Leonardus Pachel and Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1481.

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CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius (ca 25 B.C.-ca 50 A.D.). De medicina. Milan: Leonardus Pachel and Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1481.

Royal 4o (273 x 170 mm). Collation: a-i K l-s8; [t]8. 39 lines and headline. Types 6:98R and Greek. Initial spaces with printed guideletters. (Lacking first and final blanks, stain in upper margin of l2, some occasional soiling and spotting, few wormholes at end.) Eighteenth-century calf (rebacked preserving original spine, a bit worn).

Second edition. In the present volume, the first line of the title on a1r ends after the first syllable of the word primus, i.e., "pri- mus", agreeing with the British Library copy and the variant cited in GW, Anm.1. Goff C-365; BMC VI, 750 (IB. 26474); BSB Ink. C-208; GW 6457; HC 4836; IGI 2675; Klebs 260.2; Norman 425; Pellechet 3465; Proctor 5940; Osler 288; Waller 45.

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