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Oribasius (325-403 CE) Synopseos ad Eustathium Filium Libri Novem: Quibus Tota Medicina in Compendium Redacta.
Venice: Paulus Manutius, Aldi Filium, 1554.
First edition of this epitome, octavo, A-Z8, AA-DD8, translated from Greek to Latin by Giovanni Battista Rasario, Aldine device on title, text in single column, italic type throughout, bound in 18th century half green sheepskin and paste-paper boards, book ticket of Paris bookseller Joseph Boudot Lamotte pasted inside front board, 6 1/2 x 4 in.
Oribasius is an important source of the works of ancient medical authors, preserving excerpts that survive only in his work. "Oribasius did much to establish Galen in his central position of authority during the Dark Ages." (Garrison) Rasario also edited Galen's Opera Omnia in the 1560s.
