HIPPOCRATES (460-ca. 370 B.C.). Opera omnia quae extant. Translated by Anutius Foes. Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claude Marne & Jean Aubry, 1596. 8o (177 x 100mm). 642 leaves. Contemporary vellum over pasteboard. Provenance: William Taylen (signature); William Cullen, M.D. (bookplate). Second edition of Foes' Latin translation. Wellcome 3188; Norman 1079. -- The Eight Sections of Hippocrates Aphorismes. London: W.G. for Robert Crofts, 1665. 8o (137 x 90mm). 86 leaves. Engraved frontispiece portrait (mounted). 19th-century half-calf (some worming and staining). Provenance: Robert Seymour (signature); M. Foley Walker (signature); George Folliott (bookplate); Leamington High Street Library & Reading Room (labels on both covers). Third separate edition in English of Hippocrates' Aphorisms, the first based on Foes' translation. Wing H-2072; Norman 1080.

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HIPPOCRATES (460-ca. 370 B.C.). Opera omnia quae extant. Translated by Anutius Foes. Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claude Marne & Jean Aubry, 1596. 8^o (177 x 100mm). 642 leaves. Contemporary vellum over pasteboard. Provenance: William Taylen (signature); William Cullen, M.D. (bookplate). Second edition of Foes' Latin translation. Wellcome 3188; Norman 1079. -- The Eight Sections of Hippocrates Aphorismes. London: W.G. for Robert Crofts, 1665. 8^o (137 x 90mm). 86 leaves. Engraved frontispiece portrait (mounted). 19th-century half-calf (some worming and staining). Provenance: Robert Seymour (signature); M. Foley Walker (signature); George Folliott (bookplate); Leamington High Street Library & Reading Room (labels on both covers). Third separate edition in English of Hippocrates' Aphorisms, the first based on Foes' translation. Wing H-2072; Norman 1080.

William Cullen (1710-90), pupil of Alexander Munro primus and teacher of William Hunter, was professor of medicine at Edinburgh. His principal published work concerns the classification of diseases. (2)