Lot n° 118
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DU PORT (François). Medica decas, eiusdem authoris in Singul - Lot 118
DU PORT (François). Medica decas, eiusdem authoris in Singula librorum capita Commentariis illustrata. Lut. Parisiorum, Sumpt. A. Saugrain, 1613. In-4, [4] f., 462 p., [3] f. (index), late 17th c. tan basane, spine with 5 nerves, fawn title-piece, ornamented caissons, red edges (corners rubbed, snagging of a head-piece, scratches to the boards ; browned paper, sporadic mottling in the margins, stains on p.74-75 not hindering the reading, qq. underlining in ink on p.101)
Rare first edition of this treatise on medical semiology composed in Latin verse by the physician François Du Port (1548-1624). Each poem in the collection is devoted to the treatment of a pathology.
Woodcut title vignette, headbands, initials, and endpapers.
Provenance: Claude François de Bona (old ms. bookplate on title); Dautheuil, physician, Picardie, 20th c. (bookplate).
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