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VEGETIUS RENATUS (PUBLIUS)
Artis veterinariae, sive mulomedicinae libri quatuor, FIRST EDITION, [colophon:] Basle, Joannes Faber Emmeusx Juliacenis, 1528

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VEGETIUS RENATUS (PUBLIUS)

Artis veterinariae, sive mulomedicinae libri quatuor, FIRST EDITION, title within pictorial woodcut border, woodcut initials, inner margin of signature G strengthened, repair to inner margin of last 3 leaves with loss of a few letters to final leaf, modern vellum [Adams V341; Durling 4563; Wellcome 28287164], small 4to (198 x 148mm.), [colophon:] Basle, Joannes Faber Emmeusx Juliacenis, 1528

Footnotes

First edition of the first published monograph on veterinary medicine. In addition to practical advice Vegatius Renatus (fl. c.450-500 AD) stressed the economic benefits of good veterinary practice.

Provenance: "Collegii S. Michaelis", ?seventeenth century inscription on title, with longer inscription (in another hand) on blank verso of last leaf.

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