Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection A–C

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection A–C

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Actuarius, Opera, Paris, Bernardino Torresano, 1556, contemporary limp vellum

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October 12, 08:25 PM GMT

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500 - 700 USD

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Actuarius, Joannes. Actuarii Ioannis filii Zachariae Opera. De actionibus et spiritus animalis affectibus, eiusque nutritione libri II. De urinis libri VII. Methodi medendi libri VI. Paris: Bernardino Torresano (Guillaume Morel), 1556


Joannes Actuarius (ca. 1275-ca. 1328) was a Byzantine physician who drew on late antique sources and their Greek and Arabic commentaries for his writings on uroscopy; Actuarius was a title rather than a surname, granted to prominent physicians at the imperial court.


8vo (160 x 106 mm). Roman type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: *8 **2 A-Z8 a-b8 c4 AA-ZZ8 AAA-SSS8: 532 leaves (*8 blank). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, woodcut initials. (Browning and foxing.)


binding: Contemporary limp vellum (168 x 123 mm), fore-edge flaps, manuscript author's name to spine and lower edge. (Binding slightly soiled and worn.)


acquisition: Purchased from D. & E. Lake, Toronto, 1984. references: UCLA 1048 (not in collection); Cataldi Palau 202; Renouard 296/6; USTC 154338

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