Feb 19, 2004 - Sale 1997

Sale 1997 - Lot 209

Price Realized: $ 259
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
MERCADO, LUIS. De communi et peculiari praesidiorum artis medicae indicatione. [32], 952, [63] pages, including blank last preliminary leaf. Thick 8vo, contemporary limp vellum, book block loose in binding; contents browned, some light marginal dampstaining, early 19th-century signature on title and extensive notes on front free endpaper, institutional stamp on title verso. Cologne: Giovanni Battista Ciotti, 1588

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First published in 1574. Mercado was physician to King Philip II of Spain. Durling 3071; Friedenwald (1944), pages 327-31; Palau 164998.