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KETHAM, Johannes de. Fasciculus medicine. Venice, Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1513 Folio. 308x220 mm. Floppy vellum binding, reuse of period manuscript folio. Papers 32 unnumbered Markings: a-d6, e-f4. Date in Colophon at end: "Impressum Venetiis : per Gregorium de Gregorijs, die X februarij 1513." text in two columns, bastard Gothic typeface, Figured and historiated initials on black and white background. 10 full-page woodcut-imprinted illustrations, including depiction of the four temperaments at paper 'a2 recto', where title appears at top. Marginalia by coeval hand. A few small woodworm holes in margins, trace of gora in margins starting at paper 'b5', genuine specimen with good margins. Rare expanded edition. Very important medical treatise, the first with realistic figures, especially anatomical illustrations. Specimen with interesting antique marginalia commenting the text. Choulant-Frank: "Johannes de Ketham" has been identified as the 15th-century Viennese physician and professor of medicine Johann von Kircheim, who probably compiled and edited the texts for his lectures. The 1491 first edition contained the earliest anatomical illustrations. "All the different editions of this work are of great importance because of the woodcuts they contain. The latter are in the peculiar manner of upper Italy, and especially that of Mantegna, but are of different values and are not the same in the various editions "Last edition printed by Gregorius de Gregoriis, who published the Fasciculus seven times from the Princeps edition of 1491 to this one. It is similar to earlier editions, with woodcuts copied from the original 1491 edition and especially from the 1493 edition, with the addition of four new plates. The woodcuts were attributed to an artist of the school of Gentile Bellini, sometimes to the illustrator of the Dream of Polyphilus, sometimes to Mantegna or Gentile Bellini himself. The Fasciculus is a collection of treatises circulated since the 13th century and enriched by Mondino's Anatomy, first published in Pavia in 1478. It also contains: Consilium pro peste evitanda by Pietro da Tossignano, and: De egritudinibus puerorum et earum cura qui appellatur practica puerorum by Abu Bakr Razi.The large plates illustrate: a1r a lecturer; a1v a uroscopist; a3v a bloodletting mannequin; a6v a zodiacal mannequin; b1r a seated woman partially dissected; b5r a figure of a man noting all diseases; c2r a figure showing blood circulation; c4v figure of man in bed infected with plague assisted by nurses and doctors; d2v a lecture with dissection.Essling 591; Sander 3751; Wellcome I, 3545; Choulant-Frank, 115-122; Sander, 3751; Waller, 5175; Wellcome, 3545. Cf. Garrison-Morton, 363; Sander 3754. Folio. 308x220 mm. Limp vellum, reuse of contemporary manuscript sheet. 32 unnumbered leaves. Collation: a-d6, e-f4. Date in the Colophon at the end: "Impressum Venetiis : per Gregorium de Gregorijs, die X februarij 1513." Text in two columns, bastard gothic type, illustrated and historiated Initials on a black and white background. 10 full-page illustrations printed in woodcut, including the representation of the four temperaments on leaf 'a2 recto', where the title appears at the top. Marginalia by a contemporary hand. Some small woodworm holes on margins, traces of waterstain in the margins starting from leaf 'b5', unsophisticated copy with good margins. Rare expanded edition. Very important medical treatise, the first with realistic figures, in particular anatomical illustrations. Copy with interesting ancient marginalia commenting on the text. Choulant-Frank: "Johannes de Ketham" has been identified as the 15th-century Viennese physician and professor of medicine Johann von Kircheim, who probably compiled and edited the texts for his lectures. The 1491 first edition contained the earliest anatomical illustrations. "All the different editions of this work are of great importance because of the woodcuts they contain. The latter are in the peculiar manner of upper Italy, and especially that of Mantegna, but are of different values and are not the same in the various editions "Last edition printed by Gregorius de Gregoriis, who published the Fasciculus seven times from the princeps edition in 1491 to this one. It is similar to the previous editions, featuring woodcuts copied from the original edition (1491) and especially from the 1493 edition, with the addition of four new plates. The woodcuts were attributed to an artist of the Gentile Bellini School, sometimes to the illustrator of The Dream of Poliphilo, sometimes to Mantegna or to Gentile Bellini himself. The Fasciculus is a collection of treatises circulating since the 13th century and augmented by Mondino's Anathomia, first published in Pavia in 1478.It also contains: Consilium pro peste Evitanda by Pietro da Tossignano, and: De egr

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KETHAM, Johannes de. Fasciculus medicine. Venice, Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1513 Folio. 308x220 mm. Floppy vellum binding, reuse of period manuscript folio. Papers 32 unnumbered Markings: a-d6, e-f4. Date in Colophon at end: "Impressum Venetiis : per Gregorium de Gregorijs, die X februarij 1513." text in two columns, bastard Gothic typeface, Figured and historiated initials on black and white background. 10 full-page woodcut-imprinted illustrations, including depiction of the four temperaments at paper 'a2 recto', where title appears at top. Marginalia by coeval hand. A few small woodworm holes in margins, trace of gora in margins starting at paper 'b5', genuine specimen with good margins. Rare expanded edition. Very important medical treatise, the first with realistic figures, especially anatomical illustrations. Specimen with interesting antique marginalia commenting the text. Choulant-Frank: "Johannes de Ketham" has been identified as the 15th-century Viennese physician and professor of medicine Johann von Kircheim, who probably compiled and edited the texts for his lectures. The 1491 first edition contained the earliest anatomical illustrations. "All the different editions of this work are of great importance because of the woodcuts they contain. The latter are in the peculiar manner of upper Italy, and especially that of Mantegna, but are of different values and are not the same in the various editions "Last edition printed by Gregorius de Gregoriis, who published the Fasciculus seven times from the Princeps edition of 1491 to this one. It is similar to earlier editions, with woodcuts copied from the original 1491 edition and especially from the 1493 edition, with the addition of four new plates. The woodcuts were attributed to an artist of the school of Gentile Bellini, sometimes to the illustrator of the Dream of Polyphilus, sometimes to Mantegna or Gentile Bellini himself. The Fasciculus is a collection of treatises circulated since the 13th century and enriched by Mondino's Anatomy, first published in Pavia in 1478. It also contains: Consilium pro peste evitanda by Pietro da Tossignano, and: De egritudinibus puerorum et earum cura qui appellatur practica puerorum by Abu Bakr Razi.The large plates illustrate: a1r a lecturer; a1v a uroscopist; a3v a bloodletting mannequin; a6v a zodiacal mannequin; b1r a seated woman partially dissected; b5r a figure of a man noting all diseases; c2r a figure showing blood circulation; c4v figure of man in bed infected with plague assisted by nurses and doctors; d2v a lecture with dissection.Essling 591; Sander 3751; Wellcome I, 3545; Choulant-Frank, 115-122; Sander, 3751; Waller, 5175; Wellcome, 3545. Cf. Garrison-Morton, 363; Sander 3754. Folio. 308x220 mm. Limp vellum, reuse of contemporary manuscript sheet. 32 unnumbered leaves. Collation: a-d6, e-f4. Date in the Colophon at the end: "Impressum Venetiis : per Gregorium de Gregorijs, die X februarij 1513." Text in two columns, bastard gothic type, illustrated and historiated Initials on a black and white background. 10 full-page illustrations printed in woodcut, including the representation of the four temperaments on leaf 'a2 recto', where the title appears at the top. Marginalia by a contemporary hand. Some small woodworm holes on margins, traces of waterstain in the margins starting from leaf 'b5', unsophisticated copy with good margins. Rare expanded edition. Very important medical treatise, the first with realistic figures, in particular anatomical illustrations. Copy with interesting ancient marginalia commenting on the text. Choulant-Frank: "Johannes de Ketham" has been identified as the 15th-century Viennese physician and professor of medicine Johann von Kircheim, who probably compiled and edited the texts for his lectures. The 1491 first edition contained the earliest anatomical illustrations. "All the different editions of this work are of great importance because of the woodcuts they contain. The latter are in the peculiar manner of upper Italy, and especially that of Mantegna, but are of different values and are not the same in the various editions "Last edition printed by Gregorius de Gregoriis, who published the Fasciculus seven times from the princeps edition in 1491 to this one. It is similar to the previous editions, featuring woodcuts copied from the original edition (1491) and especially from the 1493 edition, with the addition of four new plates. The woodcuts were attributed to an artist of the Gentile Bellini School, sometimes to the illustrator of The Dream of Poliphilo, sometimes to Mantegna or to Gentile Bellini himself. The Fasciculus is a collection of treatises circulating since the 13th century and augmented by Mondino's Anathomia, first published in Pavia in 1478.It also contains: Consilium pro peste Evitanda by Pietro da Tossignano, and: De egr

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