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Five parts in one volume. [x], 385, [8]; 53, [3]; 43, [3]; 57, [3]; 30, [4] ff. Engraved title page, plus the portrait, 26 full-page plates and numerous historiated and ornamental woodcut initials. (Folio) 35x23 cm (13¾x9") modern full vellum in a period style. Second edition in French.

“In addition to the author's textbook of anatomy and his account of scrofula, the volume contains works on geriatrics, melancholy and other mental afflictions, and an early ophthalmological work which describes the anatomy and diseases of the eye. The volume has an exceptionally well-engraved title page…” This is the 2nd edition of the French translation (first 1613), and it appears that the French translation preceded the publication of the Latin text. Heirs of Hippocrates 389. Wellcome 1942. Krivatsy 3507