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Celsus (Aulus Cornelius) Medicinae Libri VIII, collation: *8 a-s8 t4 u x8 (t4 blank), italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, ink ownership inscription to title, repaired worm traces to inner gutters, water-stained to varying degrees, modern olive morocco, gilt, spine faded to brown, small 4to (196 x 120mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March,1528].
*** First Aldine edition of this compilation of medical texts. It includes a poem on remedies by Quintus Sammonicus Serenus. 'Dans cette édition plusieurs endroits sont heureusement corrigés d'après un bon manuscrit' (Renouard).
Literature: Adams C1241; Ahmanson-Murphy 250; Renouard 105:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 10745; Durling 908; Norman 428.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/af38ccca-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/4e474c5b-4891-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "53
Celsus (Aulus Cornelius) Medicinae Libri VIII, collation: *8 a-s8 t4 u x8 (t4 blank), italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, ink ownership inscription to title, repaired worm traces to inner gutters, water-stained to varying degrees, modern olive morocco, gilt, spine faded to brown, small 4to (196 x 120mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March,1528].
*** First Aldine edition of this compilation of medical texts. It includes a poem on remedies by Quintus Sammonicus Serenus. 'Dans cette édition plusieurs endroits sont heureusement corrigés d'après un bon manuscrit' (Renouard).
Literature: Adams C1241; Ahmanson-Murphy 250; Renouard 105:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 10745; Durling 908; Norman 428.")
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Celsus (Aulus Cornelius) Medicinae Libri VIII, collation: *8 a-s8 t4 u x8 (t4 blank), italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, ink ownership inscription to title, repaired worm traces to inner gutters, water-stained to varying degrees, modern olive morocco, gilt, spine faded to brown, small 4to (196 x 120mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March,1528].
⁂ First Aldine edition of this compilation of medical texts. It includes a poem on remedies by Quintus Sammonicus Serenus. 'Dans cette édition plusieurs endroits sont heureusement corrigés d'après un bon manuscrit' (Renouard).
Literature: Adams C1241; Ahmanson-Murphy 250; Renouard 105:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 10745; Durling 908; Norman 428.
Lot 53
Celsus (Aulus Cornelius) Medicinae Libri VIII, 1528 First Aldine edition.
Hammer Price: £600
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Celsus (Aulus Cornelius) Medicinae Libri VIII, collation: *8 a-s8 t4 u x8 (t4 blank), italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, ink ownership inscription to title, repaired worm traces to inner gutters, water-stained to varying degrees, modern olive morocco, gilt, spine faded to brown, small 4to (196 x 120mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March,1528].
⁂ First Aldine edition of this compilation of medical texts. It includes a poem on remedies by Quintus Sammonicus Serenus. 'Dans cette édition plusieurs endroits sont heureusement corrigés d'après un bon manuscrit' (Renouard).
Literature: Adams C1241; Ahmanson-Murphy 250; Renouard 105:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 10745; Durling 908; Norman 428.
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