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Rabelais, François (c. 1494-1553) trans. Hippocratis ac Galeni Libri Aliquot, ex Recognitione Francisci Rabelaesi, Medici.
Lyon: Gryphius, 1532.
First edition of Rabelais' translation of works by Hippocrates & Galen, small octavo, two parts in one volume, small woodcut printer's device to title and repeated on last leaf of second section, final leaf of first section with Gryphius's large woodcut device (D8), second section entirely in Greek, with blank D7 genuine & present; book block inserted in its original contemporary limp parchment binding with inked title to spine, (binding detached from textblock) and housed in a custom box, notes in Greek on flyleaves, ownership inscriptions to title; some loss to paper of flyleaves, small abraded holes to top of title page; occasional spotting; elegantly printed with woodcut initials; 4 x 3 in.
