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Guy de Chauliac.
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Cyrurgia parva Guidonis. Cyrurgia Albucasis cum cauteriis et aliis instrumentis. Tractatus de oculis Jesu Hali. Tractatus de oculis Canamusali. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for the heirs of Octavianus Scotus, 27 January 1500/01
- Paper, vellum binding
Chancery folio (305 x 215mm.), 68 leaves, double column, 65 lines plus headline, Gothic letter, 5- and 13-line white-on-black woodcut initials, numerous woodcut illustrations of surgical equipment, woodcut printer's device beneath colophon, contemporary vellum over carta rustica, lettered in manuscript on upper cover together with Tattus's name, in modern black buckram folding box, a few small wormholes in gutter, binding soiled and scraped at foot of upper cover, vellum covering shrunk and lacking two pairs of ties
Provenance
Hieronymus Tattus, inscription on title-page and upper cover, with some autograph annotations to the text. Tattus is known to have owned and corrected a manuscript of Pliny's Natural History, written by Hieronymus Baliocus of Novara in 1479 for Gian Matteo Bottigella of Pavia and his wife Bianca Visconti, later owned by Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727-1805) and bought in 1817 by the Bodleian Library, Oxford (now Canon. Class. lat. 295).
Literature
HCR 4813; GW 11707; BMC v 453; Klebs 497.1; Sander 1844; Wellcome 3017; Goff G564
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Guy de Chauliac, physician to several popes in Avignon in the fourteenth century, is usually considered the most famous surgeon of the Middle Ages. His treatise is followed by that of Albucasis on medical instruments, in particular those to be used for cauterisation.
Locatellus had previously issued the full text of Chauliac's surgical treatise in 1498 (GW 11696), one of a number of incunable editions.