II. Ancient Medicine
ABUL QASIM [Albucasis] (936-1013). Methodus medendi certa ... pleraque quae ad medicinae partes omnes, praecipue quae ad chirurgiam requiruntur libris III exponens, Basle: Henricus Petri, 1541, 2°, with publisher's device on title and verso of colophon leaf, woodcut illustrations of surgical instruments, woodcut initials (stamps at head of a2 and on verso of title, 18th-century book label on title partly obscuring the device, many leaves dampstained, tear to lower margin of E3), early 20th-century calf-backed boards (spine rubbed) [Adams A71; Durling 22 (imperfect copy); Wellcome I, 12] Provenance: L. Guillemeau, 1789 (ownership label on title)

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ABUL QASIM [Albucasis] (936-1013). Methodus medendi certa ... pleraque quae ad medicinae partes omnes, praecipue quae ad chirurgiam requiruntur libris III exponens, Basle: Henricus Petri, 1541, 2°, with publisher's device on title and verso of colophon leaf, woodcut illustrations of surgical instruments, woodcut initials (stamps at head of a2 and on verso of title, 18th-century book label on title partly obscuring the device, many leaves dampstained, tear to lower margin of E3), early 20th-century calf-backed boards (spine rubbed) [Adams A71; Durling 22 (imperfect copy); Wellcome I, 12] Provenance: L. Guillemeau, 1789 (ownership label on title)

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