Medicine.- Oribasius. Collectorum medicinalium libri XVII, Venice

Medicine.- Oribasius. Collectorum medicinalium libri XVII, collation: *4 A-Z8 a-z8 &8, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, scattered spotting and a few small marginal nicks, a couple of stains and marginal worming to a few early and later ff., light cracking at hinges, near contemporary blind-stamped pig-skin with clasps, covers with supralibros for Gottfried of Gottweig in gilt, spine gilt, rubbed and bumped with a few small worm holes to spine ends, housed in modern cloth drop-back box with ephemera relating to the book inside, small 8vo (approx. 90 x 160 mm), Venice, Paolo Manuzio, [c. 1555]. *** Gottfried of Göttweig (1672–1749), also known as Johann Franz Bessel, was a Benedictine abbot of Göttweig Abbey in Austria. In addition to his ecclesiastical duties, he served as a diplomat, facilitating negotiations between major ecclesiastical and imperial powers. His tenure as abbot ushered the abbey into a period of considerable scholarly distinction, owing in large part to his wide-ranging collecting interests. Under his stewardship, the abbey’s collections expanded to encompass a diverse array of subjects, both religious and scientific. Literature: OPAC SBN TO0E018320

Estimate:£600

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