Sold for:
$360
$360
Celsus, Aulus Cornelius (c. 25 BC-c. 50) De Re Medica . Lyons: Tornaesium & Gazeium, 1554. Octavo, title page printed within decorative border, text printed in italics throughout, small portion of blank margin trimmed away at the head of the title, without loss; binding perished, back board missing, with the Whitfield bookplate pasted inside the detached front board. Celsus was an ancient Roman encyclopedist whose work originally included many fields, but only the contributions to medicine survive.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
