Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 975
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MELETIUS of Tiberiopolis; et al. De natura hominis structuraque hominis opus [and other texts]. Latin translation by Nicolas Petreius. [8], 191, [32] pages. 4to, 190x144 mm, 18th-century 1/2 vellum with spine title in ink; contents soiled and dampstained. Lane Medical Library bookplate and stamp on front endpapers (released). Venice: (Giovanni Griffio for Giovanni Francesco Camocio and partners), 1552

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first edition of a Byzantine anatomical treatise. The Greek original text was first published in 1836. Durling 3051; Hoffmann II, 589.