(GALENUS Claudius), (TECTANDER [Zimmermann] Joseph), (STRUŚ Joseph), Galeni omnia quae extant Opera in Latinum sermonem conuersa.

Galeni omnia quae extant Opera in Latinum sermonem conuersa.

Iuntarum quarta editio. ... (Volume 1 - 4, complete). Venetiis 1565. apud Haeredes Lucae Antonii Iuntae. (38 x 26 cm), period binding: board, embossed white leather, metal. buckles.

Volume 1:
- Galeni Isagogici libris qui, qum in totiam artem medicam introducant, ... k. [20], p. 72, 2 title cards in woodcut, large vignettes in woodcut. (and)
- Galeni librorum prima classis naturam corporis humani,... k. 341, 1 title card in woodcut, initials and vignettes in woodcut. (and)
- (Galeni librorum secunda classis). Hippocratis de aere aquis et locis libellus. k. 2-109, initials and vignettes in woodcut. (No k. tit. here).

Volume 2:
- Galeni librorum tertia classis morborum ac symptomatum differentias omnes & causas & tempora explicant. ... k. 197, 1 title page in woodcut, initials and vignettes in woodcut. (and)
- Galeni librorum quarta classis signa quibus tum dignoscere morbos & locos affectos, tum praescire futura possimus, docet. ... k. 220, 1 title card in woodcut, initials & vignettes in woodcut. (and)
- Galeni librorum quinta classis eam medicinae partem quae ad pharmaciam spectat, exponens, simplicium medicamentorum, substitutorum, purgantium, antidotorum, compendiorum tam per locos quam per genera medicamentorum, ponderum deniq; ac mensurarum doctrinam comprehendit. k. 277, 1 title page in woodcut, initials and vignettes in woodcut.

Volume 3:
- Galeni librorum sexta classis de cucurbitulis, scarificationibus, hirudinibus, & phlebotomia pr(a)ecipio artis remedio tradit. k. 322, 1 title page in woodcut, initials, vignettes, and numerous woodcuts in text. (and)
- Galeni in Aphorismos Hippocratis commentari septem.... p. 2-79,initials and vignettes in woodcut. (Title k. missing here) (and)
- Galeni liber de historia philosophica Iulio Martiano Rota interprete. k. 2- 117, initials and vignettes in woodcut. (No k. tit. here).

Volume 4:
- Brasavoli Antonii Musae - Index refertissimus in omnes Galeni libros. Qui ex iuntarum quarta editione extant. k. [4], p. 532. 1 title page in woodcut, printer's signet.

(Estr. T. 17, 29 and 31, this edition does not note). Extremely valuable medical work of Galen, translated by many medical scholars, among whom we find: (in part quarta classis): De Urinis according to the translation and interpretation of Jozef Struś (1510 - 1568), humanist, translator, court physician of Sigismund the Old and SigismundAugustus , scientist famous for his studies of the pulse; (in part sexta classis): 2"Polish" works: "De venea sectione adversus erasistratum" and "De venea sectione adversus erasistratum, qui Romae degebant, eodem," translated and interpreted by the Cracow humanist Jozef Tectander (właśc. Zimmermann) (1500-1543 in Cracow), who, having studied at the Cracow Academy, was a doctor of medicine at the University of Padua. He was friends with Erasmus of Rotterdam and Josephus Strus. Galen - actually Claudius Galenus (c. 130 - 200 AD) - Roman physician of Greek descent, an eminent anatomist, talented researcher and writer, one of the most distinguished ancient physicians (after Hippocrates). He exerted a tremendous influence on the development of medical science in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. On the stickers own sticker: "Thomas Thirmair Philos: & Medic: Doctor". Traces of non. dampstaining and staining. Vol.1: early notations on the front pastedown and early numerous marginalia, binding: retained metal buckles, scuffs and rubbed corners. Vol.2: Numerous early marginalia, plywood detached, buckle marks, scuffs and abrasions to binding leather. Volume 3: Retained metal buckles, rubbing of binding. Volume 4: Printed text preceded by two manuscript pages, fraying of the edges of the first few pages, 2 metal buckles preserved, abrasions and rubbing of the leather at the corners. Very rare .