MOSCHION (fl. ca. 500). De Mulierum Passionibus liber, edited by F. O. Dewez, Vienna: R. Gräffer, 1793, 8°, Greek and Latin text, 2 engraved illustrations (blind stamp on title and G6, ink stamp on verso of title, occasional browning, lacking blank G7), later half morocco (rubbed, lacking backstrip). [Blake p. 318 (under "Mustio"); GM 6136; Norman 1558; Osler 322; Waller 6696] Provenance: Berlin Collection

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MOSCHION (fl. ca. 500). De Mulierum Passionibus liber, edited by F. O. Dewez, Vienna: R. Gräffer, 1793, 8°, Greek and Latin text, 2 engraved illustrations (blind stamp on title and G6, ink stamp on verso of title, occasional browning, lacking blank G7), later half morocco (rubbed, lacking backstrip). [Blake p. 318 (under "Mustio"); GM 6136; Norman 1558; Osler 322; Waller 6696] Provenance: Berlin Collection

Lot Essay

"Originally a Latin version of excerpts from the gynaecological writings of Soranus, it was retranslated in Greek, probably in the fifteenth century, and was here again translated into Latin before the old version was discovered" [Osler].

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