Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 239

Price Realized: $ 4,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
DONDIS, JACOBUS DE [or DONDI, GIACOMO DE]. Aggregator sive De medicinis simplicibus. [314] (of [356]) leaves; lacks first 25 leaves, C3, N2-7, P7, Q1.6, Q2.5, R1, and R7-10 (all replaced with photocopies except for the 3 blanks). Gothic type. Folio, 282x190 mm, modern 1/2 morocco; dark stains on genuine leaves at beginning and end, restoration in blank lower margin of b6-d8, blank lower outer corner of P8 restored, R2-6 silked. (Venice: [for Michael Manzolus], 23 May 1481)

Additional Details

first dated edition of a compilation of medical recipes derived from Greek and Arab sources, the chief work of a 14th-century Italian physician and scientist. The only other 15th-century edition was printed circa 1475-80. GW 9043; BMC V, 315; Goff D359; ISTC id00359000; Garrison-Morton 6789; Norman 648; Sarton III, 1669-71.