Hippocates of Cos (c. 460 - c. 377 or c. 370 B.C.), author; Maurice de La Corde (16th c.), commentaries:

HIPPOCRATIS // COI, MEDICORVM // PRINCIPIS, LIBER // prior de morbis mu- //lierum. // AD // HENRICVM III. GALLIA-// rum & Poloniae Regem Christianissimum. // MAVRICIO CORDAEO RHEMO INTER- // prete & explicatore. // Cum tribus Indicibus copiosissimis calci subiectis. // [Device] // … // PARISIIS, // Apud Dionysium Duvallium, sub Bucephalo, in vico Bellouasco. // M. D. LXXXV. // Cum priuilegio Regis ad decennium.//

Paris: Apud Dionysium Duvallium, sub Bucephalo, in vico Bellouasco;, c. April 1585 [colophon]. Binding: 17th century mottled calf, spine with six (6) raised bands with gilt lettered title on two and remainder of compartments ornamented in floral gilt; all edges speckled red. , Notes: This medical work on gynaecology, attributed to or by Hippocrates and his school, is accompanied by the commentary in French of French Renaissance physician Maurice de La Corde; it is rare with three known exemplars, incl. Yale & Oxford.

, Size: Folio (311x201mm), , Illustration: Text in Latin and Greek. Text in two columns of Latin and Greek respectively with accompanying Latin commentary in one; except index printed in three columns.
Illustrated title depicting determined/ inspired Hippocrates riding on horseback through crises or critical times toward the sun – this with marginal text in Latin and Greek; each major section opens with an elaborate headpiece and initial.
, References: Pasquale Sfameni in Enciclopedia Italiana, 1933; Adams, H-615; Choulant, 31; Durling, 2412. Graesse, III, 283; Hirsch, II, 76; Renouard, Marques, 287; STC French, 227. Not in Osler. , Pages: Ll: bl., [10], pp. 1-361, [6], bl.2.. Collation: bl., a1-4, e1-6, A1-Z6, Aa1-Gg6, Hh1-7, bl.2. , Category: Book Medical; Book Early Printed 1500;. A very nice copy of this rarely found work; old minor marginal repair (tape) of title, slight marginal stains and very small in-text and marginal oxidation spots, none affecting legibility; light damp staining of the lower margin. Endpapers watermarked. Item #B6597

Price: $4,500.00