Continental and Illuminations
De temperamentis libri tres. De inaequali intemperie liber unus. Thoma Linacro Anglo interprete. [Paris, Simon du Bois], (1527.)
16mo. [23]ff. (last two blank) 114ff. 19th century vellum, morocco label.
Early edition of one of six works of Galen translated into Latin by Thomas Linacre, who was keen to make the works of Galen accessible to all readers of Latin. This Paris edition appeared six years after the first edition which had appeared in Cambridge in 1521. These translations became known for their accuracy and elegance of style and became accepted as the standard versions of Galen's works. The preface is addressed to Pope Leo X with whom Linacre had been taught for a short time in Bologna by Angelo Poliziano.Linacre was a distinguished physician himself, having studied in Padua under Ermolao Barbaro and Niccolo Leoniceno, and later became physician to King Henry VII. In 1509 he founded by Royal Charter the College of Physicians in London.Marginal annotations throughout in brown and pale red ink with some underlining.A little dampstained in places but generally a fresh copy.Moreau (1527), 1210. Durling 56.
Stock Code: CO18719
