Parisiis (Paris): Ex officina Gerardi Morrhi Campensis, 1531. Later Edition. Published for the Sorbonne University in Paris, this book would have been a primary medical text about the health and benefits of food by the Greek physcian and philosopher Galen. Galen took the concept of the four humors as described.....
Lugduni (Lyon): Seb. Gryphium (Sebastianus Gryphius), 1542. Early Edition. Text in Latin, printed in italics. Edited and translated from the Greek by Nicolaus Sagundinus and others. A preface by the publisher, Sebastianus Gryphius. An early collection of Plutarch's minor works on a variety of topcis including history, religion, music, literature.....
Paris: Pierre-Augustin Le Mercier, 1722. 1st Edition. First edition work on Ophthalmology, Cataracts, and associated surgery. M. de Saint-Yves was perhaps the first person to perform cataract surgery and helped form the basis of the surgery that exists today. Signed by, M. de Saint-Yves, after the dedication. Contains a preface.....
Lausanne: Marc Chapuis & Compagnie, 1774. 4th. Contemporary mottled calf with splitting joints but holding. Speckled edges with worn title on spine with equally worn gilding. Pages are crisp and clean with almost no toning. Written as a scientific text prior to the routine adoption of the scientific method, this.....