Nov 03, 2006 - Sale 2092

Sale 2092 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
CARDANO, GIROLAMO. Contradicentium medicorum libri duo . . . Accesserunt praeterea Jacobi Peltarii contradictiones. [12], 180; [4], 314, [2]; 40 leaves. 3 parts in one volume. Ruled in red throughout. 8vo, contemporary calf with gilt supra-libros on covers (cartouche enclosing interlacing M and W with motto TANDEM QUIESCO), rebacked retaining most of original backstrip, vertical crack in spine with small piece of leather missing, endpapers renewed; marginal dampstaining through most of volume. Paris: Jacobus Macaeus, 1565 [second and third parts dated 1564]

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Survey of conflicting opinions among ancient and contemporary medical authors on a wide variety of topics, originally published in 1545. Durling 837.