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12mo. xxiv, 449, [1] pp. Slight waterstaining from pp.359-end, offsetting pp. 428-9, title with vignette (or ownership mark) clipped away. Early quarter gilt-stamped dark maroon morocco, marbled boards; extremities with shelf-wear. Good.

Second Edition. Very good copy in contemporary half calf over brown marbled boards. Corners slightly bumped, with some wear to the panel edges. Spine gilt-tooled with raised bands and a leather label, the former slightly rubbed along with joints and endbands. Preliminary and final leaves lightly foxed; the interior remains strong and clean on the whole, showing only the expected faint foxing and offsetting of age. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; viii, 424 pages ; 17 cm. Notes; French translation with notes. Subjects; Latin prose literature Translations into French. Classical biography. Military history Classical antiquity. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket, As Issued. Two volumes bound in one. lxxii, 598 (misnumbered 998), (31), (2), 115, (3) pp. With frontis portrait of Celsus and title vignette. Early quarter calf over marbled boards, Good, heavy wear, boards nearly detached, edges showing, an early signature at title page obscured. Bookplate of Charles Atwood Kofoid, noted American zoologist at front paste down. "The De medicina is the oldest medical document after the Hippocratic writings. Written about AD 30, it remains the greatest medical treatise from ancient Rome, and the first Western history of medicine. Garrison and Morton, 20, Blake, NLM, pp. 82, 415; Wellcome, II, p.319, See also Waller, 1855. Quintus Serenius Sammonicus (d. 211) was physician to the Emperor Severus and was put to death by Caracalla. Allbutt called him 'a man of some attainments'. 'He left a library of 62,000 volumes to his son Quintus, to whom this 'De medicina' has also been attributed. See Osler 5433." ( references from Jeff Weber Rare Books). Size: Thick 12mo. Book.

( In lateinischer Sprache ) Mit gestochenem Kupfertitel, 11 n.n. Blättern ( es fehlt der typographische Titel ), 558 Seiten, 1 Blatt *Corrigenda*. Ohldr mit goldgeprägtem schmalen Einbandrücken und marmoriertem Buchschnitt sowie marmorierten Vorsatzpapieren, 12° ( 13,5 x 8 cm ). Der Einband ist berieben, Ecken und Kanten sind bestoßen, innen ist das Papier gebräunt, einige Seiten gering fleckig bzw. stock- oder braunfleckig, einige Seiten angeknickt bzw. eselsohrig, wenige Seiten etwas beschädigt. Der Buchschnitt ist etwas fleckig und tintenfleckig. Die letzte Seite mit kalligraphischem Besitzvermerk von sehr alter Hand in Tinte. ( Bitte beachten: Das eigentliche Titelblatt fehlt in vorliegendem Band )( Gewicht 300 Gramm ) ( Lagerort Kleine Vitrine )( Weitere Pics auf Anfrage - further pics on request ) /// ( In Latin ) With engraved copper title, 11 n.n. leaves ( the typographical title is missing ), 558 pages, 1 leaf *Corrigenda*. Softcover with gilt-stamped narrow spine and marbled edges and marbled endpapers, 12° ( 13.5 x 8 cm ). The binding is rubbed, corners and edges are bumped, inside the paper is browned, some pages slightly stained or foxed or brown-stained, some pages creased or dog-eared, a few pages somewhat damaged. The book edges are somewhat stained and ink-stained. The last page with a calligraphic ownership note in ink by a very old hand. ( Please note: The actual title page is missing in the present volume )( Weight 300 grams ) ( Storage location small display case )( Further pics on request - further pics on request ).

1st Edition. Two parts in one, volume. Folio (13 4/8 x 8 4/8 inches). Titles within historiated woodcut borders, printed in Greek and Latin in double columns, engraved double-page double-hemispherical world map: Mercator's "Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio", Geneva 1587 (13 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches) (supplied, small marginal tear just affecting the image repaired on verso), (some pale marginal dampstains, and one or two wormstracks). 19th-century red paneled morocco antique, spine in five compartments with four raised bands, an 18th-century morocco lettering piece in one (extremities, front paste-down removed, endpapers stained). Provenance: Contemporary marginal annotations to Casaubon's commentary, and a leaf of manuscript notes at the end. First edition of Isaac Casaubon's famous edition of Strabo's "Geography", one of the earliest and most important scientific treatises of historical geography, containing the FIRST APPEARANCE OF MERCATOR'S CELEBRATED AND ONLY AVAILABLE WORLD MAP "Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio" Geneva 1587. This variant without text on the verso and with Latin text in the bottom margin. "Gerard Mercator's great world map of 1569 was condensed into double hemispherical form by his son Rumold. The engraving is a model of clarity and neatness, with typical cursive flourishes to the lettering of the sea names." (Shirley). This map was later incorporated in Mercator's influential atlas of 1595. Adams S-1908; Graesse VI:505. (Map) Koeman Me12; Moreland & Bannister p. 243; Shirley 157; Wagner Northwest Coast 146.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1838 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 504 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 504 Language: English,Latin.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 722. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1831 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: Latin Pages: 722.