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MELETIUS
De natura structuraque hominis opus, FIRST EDITION, Venice, [Giovanni Francesco Camocio and partners for Giovanni Griffio], 1552

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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MELETIUS

De natura structuraque hominis opus, FIRST EDITION, translated by N.P. Corcyraeus, woodcut device on title, large historiated initials, sprinkling of small ink spots on title, single wormhole running through book, contemporary limp vellum, small tears on spine and minor worm loss on upper cover, inked title on lower page edges [Adams M1221; Durling 3057; Wellcome I, 4191], 4to (211 x 155mm.), Venice, [Giovanni Francesco Camocio and partners for Giovanni Griffio], 1552

Footnotes

The first edition, translated from the Greek, of an eighth century treatise on the constitution of man's body by Meletius. Other translations of Greek medical texts are included, including Natura signorum interpretatio, a translation of the Byzantine Greek forgery of Antonius Polemo's Physiognomica.

Provenance: Vincent ?Ayram, neat early ownership inscription on title.

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