1595 HIPPOCRATES Opera Omnia antique 16th CENTURY FOLIO

Hippocrates. 

Opera Omnia quae extant.
In VIII sectiones ex Erotiani mente distributa.
Nunc recens Latina interpretatione & annotationisbus illustrata.

Frankfurt, Erben Andreas Wechel; 1595

With repeating printer's mark on the title page and last leaf. 


16th-century leather (binding damaged and restored).

VD16 H 3742. STC 406. Adams H 566. Bird 1227f. Choulant 22f. Durling 2319. Hirsch-Hübotter III, 232. Hoffmann II, 413f. Osler 144. Schweiger I, 149. Waller 4489. Wellcome I, 3176.

– First edition of this edition translated by Anuce Foes (1528–1595) in parallel Greek and Latin text.

"New arrangement, recension, and translation based on earlier editions and manuscripts; the text and translation are still the most highly regarded, including F's. The annotations are numerous and valuable. The whole makes a substantial folio" (Choulant). 

The pagination jumps from page to column several times.

The inner hinges have been amateurishly reinforced.

The title page bears several period manuscript ownership entries.

The first gatherings show minor  damage to the upper edge. 

Some occasional minor marginal faded dampstains

 Massive thick folio. Size: 10 by 15 inches

Text in Latin and Greek
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