May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 231

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
GALENUS, CLAUDIUS, attributed to. De Hippocratis et Platonis dogmatibus libri ix. Latin translation by Janus Cornarius and Joannes Bernardus Felicianus. [96], 608 [i. e., 606], [2] pages, including final blank. Ruled in red throughout. 16mo, 122x76 mm, contemporary polychrome binding of light brown calf gilt-tooled to design of intricate interlacing strapwork accentuated with vari-colored enamel, flat spine divided into 4 compartments, lettered at top with hatched ornamental tools in the rest, front joint cracked, cords intact, small piece missing from bottom of spine; contents lightly toned; gilt edges, gauffered to stylized floral pattern. Durling 1888. Lyon: Nicolas Bacquenois for Paul Miraillet, 1550