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Lot 546
HIPPOCRATES (c.460 B.C.-c.370 B.C.). Viginti duo commentarii tabulis illustrati. edited by Theod. Zwinger. Basel: Episcopii, 1579.
Closed30 November 2016
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GBP 1,062
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HIPPOCRATES (c.460 B.C.-c.370 B.C.). Viginti duo commentarii tabulis illustrati. edited by Theod. Zwinger. Basel: Episcopii, 1579.
2° (315 x 198mm). Text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title and final leaf, contemporary ink annotations, lightly browned and some marginal water-staining, O1-3 defective at fore-edge with loss to one or two side-notes, Near contemporary vellum with yapp edges, covers stamped with initials, arms and date of binding of 1609, red edges (lightly soiled). Provenance: JOHANNES FABER(1574-1629, German papal doctor and curator of the Vatican botanical garden, binding) -- Franciscans at Ingolstadt (inscription on title) -- Medical Society, County of Kings (small marginal stamp on title and bookplate).
IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, belonging to Faber, botanist and art collector, originally from Bamberg in Bavaria, who lived in Rome from 1598. Besides his medical duties to the pontifex, he also acted as a broker between the Vatican and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. His interests in art and botany manifested themselves in the colouring of his copy of Besler's Hortus Eystennsis, which sold at Christie's 13 July 2016, lot 173 for £1,930,500. He was also a member and the secretary of the Accademia dei Lincei. Adams H-621; Wellcome I, 3252.
2° (315 x 198mm). Text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title and final leaf, contemporary ink annotations, lightly browned and some marginal water-staining, O1-3 defective at fore-edge with loss to one or two side-notes, Near contemporary vellum with yapp edges, covers stamped with initials, arms and date of binding of 1609, red edges (lightly soiled). Provenance: JOHANNES FABER(1574-1629, German papal doctor and curator of the Vatican botanical garden, binding) -- Franciscans at Ingolstadt (inscription on title) -- Medical Society, County of Kings (small marginal stamp on title and bookplate).
IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, belonging to Faber, botanist and art collector, originally from Bamberg in Bavaria, who lived in Rome from 1598. Besides his medical duties to the pontifex, he also acted as a broker between the Vatican and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. His interests in art and botany manifested themselves in the colouring of his copy of Besler's Hortus Eystennsis, which sold at Christie's 13 July 2016, lot 173 for £1,930,500. He was also a member and the secretary of the Accademia dei Lincei. Adams H-621; Wellcome I, 3252.
HIPPOCRATES (c.460 B.C.-c.370 B.C.). Viginti duo commentarii tabulis illustrati. edited by Theod. Zwinger. Basel: Episcopii, 1579.
2° (315 x 198mm). Text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title and final leaf, contemporary ink annotations, lightly browned and some marginal water-staining, O1-3 defective at fore-edge with loss to one or two side-notes, Near contemporary vellum with yapp edges, covers stamped with initials, arms and date of binding of 1609, red edges (lightly soiled). Provenance: JOHANNES FABER(1574-1629, German papal doctor and curator of the Vatican botanical garden, binding) -- Franciscans at Ingolstadt (inscription on title) -- Medical Society, County of Kings (small marginal stamp on title and bookplate).
IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, belonging to Faber, botanist and art collector, originally from Bamberg in Bavaria, who lived in Rome from 1598. Besides his medical duties to the pontifex, he also acted as a broker between the Vatican and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. His interests in art and botany manifested themselves in the colouring of his copy of Besler's Hortus Eystennsis, which sold at Christie's 13 July 2016, lot 173 for £1,930,500. He was also a member and the secretary of the Accademia dei Lincei. Adams H-621; Wellcome I, 3252.
2° (315 x 198mm). Text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title and final leaf, contemporary ink annotations, lightly browned and some marginal water-staining, O1-3 defective at fore-edge with loss to one or two side-notes, Near contemporary vellum with yapp edges, covers stamped with initials, arms and date of binding of 1609, red edges (lightly soiled). Provenance: JOHANNES FABER(1574-1629, German papal doctor and curator of the Vatican botanical garden, binding) -- Franciscans at Ingolstadt (inscription on title) -- Medical Society, County of Kings (small marginal stamp on title and bookplate).
IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY, belonging to Faber, botanist and art collector, originally from Bamberg in Bavaria, who lived in Rome from 1598. Besides his medical duties to the pontifex, he also acted as a broker between the Vatican and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. His interests in art and botany manifested themselves in the colouring of his copy of Besler's Hortus Eystennsis, which sold at Christie's 13 July 2016, lot 173 for £1,930,500. He was also a member and the secretary of the Accademia dei Lincei. Adams H-621; Wellcome I, 3252.
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