Aphorismi, cum Galeni comme[n]tariis, Nicolao Leoniceno interprete. Hippocratis Praedictiones, cum Galeni comme[n]tariis, Laurentio Laurentiano interprete.

8vo: [16]-CCXLVIII ff. (some sl. foxing and pale marg. damp stains).

Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin, boards decorated with roll-stamps with allegorical figures or portraits, fleurons and fillets, blind-ruled spine with raised bands (ties missing).

Rare edition given by A. Leblanc of Hippocrates' famous aphorisms in a translation by the physician Niccolò Leoniceno (1428-1524), Professor at the University of Ferrara, and the "Praedictiones" translated by Lorenzo Laurenziani (d. 1515), both texts with commentary by Cl. Galienus. Title within a richly ornamented architectural portico with the mark of Chevallon, some criblé initials, and another printer's device on verso of last leaf. Contemporary ms. marginalias from various hands.
Ref. Wellcome 3190. - Durling 2381. - BP16 105210. - Renouard, ICP, III:1032. - STC French 226. - Not in Adams.
Prov. "Albert seigneur de la Berge" (contemp. ms. entry on title). - Jacob Baart de la Faille (1795-1867), Professor of Medicine at the University of Groningen (bookpl.). - Contemp. ms. notes from two hands in Latin and Greek on front flyleaf.