CASTELLANO, Pierre (1585-1632). Vitae illustrium medicorum qui toto orbe, ad haec usque tempora floruerunt. Antwerp: Willem van Tongris, 1618. 8o (178 x 100 mm). Contemporary vellum, spine ink lettered. Provenance: Wellcome Library (withdrawal stamp on verso of title). FIRST EDITION, with printed date altered in manuscript from 1617 to 1618. Castellano's Lives of illustrious physicians is arranged in chronological order. The entries often contain bibliographical as well as biographical information. NLM/Krivatsy 2215; Osler 6623; Waller 15849; Norman 415.

Details

CASTELLANO, Pierre (1585-1632). Vitae illustrium medicorum qui toto orbe, ad haec usque tempora floruerunt. Antwerp: Willem van Tongris, 1618. 8^o (178 x 100 mm). Contemporary vellum, spine ink lettered. Provenance: Wellcome Library (withdrawal stamp on verso of title). FIRST EDITION, with printed date altered in manuscript from 1617 to 1618. Castellano's Lives of illustrious physicians is arranged in chronological order. The entries often contain bibliographical as well as biographical information. NLM/Krivatsy 2215; Osler 6623; Waller 15849; Norman 415.