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CAIUS, Joannes.- Opera aliquot et versiones, partim iam nata, partim recognita atque aucta. Eorum catalogum versa pagina exhibet. Lovanii, apud Antonium Mariam Bergagne, 1556.

Estimation : 400 / 500
Adjudication : 400 €
Description
2 (of 3) parts in 1 vol. in-8° : 3/232 pp. (1st lf. and 3rd part missing, some pp. slightly yellowed or browned, 3 lvs in the beginning teared without lack, 1 marginal dampstain, some foxing, otherwise fresh condition).
19th century binding : threequarter calf, marbled paper boards, flat spine with gilt roll-stamps and green leather label, blue edges (some wears, corners and a few edges strongly dulled).
RARE COLLECTION. FIRST EDITION of "De Ephemera Britannica, liber unus" and second edition of the "De medendi methodo" (1st ed. : Basel 1544).
The first was written after Caius had witnessed the outbreak of the sweating sickness, highly contagious disease which struck England, and later Europe, in a series epidemics from 1485 until 1551. Caius's description of the symptoms is the classical account of this sickness.
"De medendi methodo" gives a method of teaching history. However, this copy doesn't contain Caius' translation of Galen's works.
Illustrated with a portrait of the author, aged 43, on the title of "De Ephemera", ornemental initials and printer's mark on title-page. Caius (1510-1573), studied at Gonville Hall in Cambridge and in Padua under Montanus and Vesalius.
His works are still of value for the precision of his observations and were often reprinted.
# Durling 793; # Adams C-117; # STC Dutch 45; # 400971; # not in Wellcome, Machiels, BT, Macclesfield, Garrison & Morton, Bibl. Walleriana, Soltész.
Provenance : count Chandon de Briailles, i.e. François Chandon de Briailles (1892-1953), a.o. ancient coins, bulls and seals from Eastern Roman Empire collector (ex-libris).
Édition originale de la 2e partie traitant de la suette anglaise, seconde édition de la 1re partie à propos de l'enseignement de la médecine. Rare. Demi-veau du 19e s. (incomplet d'1 f. lim. et de la 3e partie, qqs pp. lég. jaunies ou brunies).
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