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[ESTIENNE, HENRI]. Dictionarium medicum... [Geneva:] Henricus Stephanus, illustris viri Huldrici Fuggeri typographus, 1564. 8vo, 18th-century red morocco, joints and corners worn, leather recently treated (still somewhat sticky); closed tear on A8 tape-repaired on verso (discoloring 2-lines of text), some scattered pale marginal foxing or soiling, early owner's signature ("Sam Dean, Surgeon") on title page, withdrawn stamp from the Wellcome Library on title verso. FIRST EDITION. Garrison & Morton 6791; NLM/Durling 1402. Bookplate of E. Barclay-Smith, M.D. on front pastedown.
"This valuable Greek-Latin dictionary for the ancient medical writers defined and fixed a large number of anatomical terms, and exercised considerable influence on modern anatomical terminology. It was thus an important aid to the full understanding of the ancient texts" (Garrison-Morton p.589).
"This valuable Greek-Latin dictionary for the ancient medical writers defined and fixed a large number of anatomical terms, and exercised considerable influence on modern anatomical terminology. It was thus an important aid to the full understanding of the ancient texts" (Garrison-Morton p.589).