Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

175 174 174 c   ACTUARIUS, JOANNES ZACHARIAS. Libri VII de urinis. Latin translation by Ambrogio Leone, edited by Jacques Goupyl. [16], 304 leaves. 8vo, 158x106 mm, early 19th-century boards with leather lettering piece, worn overall, spine darkened, stain on front cover; light soiling on title, underscoring on a few leaves, dampstain in outer margin of H1 and in lower outer corners toward end. Paris: Jacques Gazeau, 1548 [300/500] Late Byzantine work on uroscopy, “the most elaborate Greek treatise on the subject” (Sarton), in the Latin translation first published in 1519. This edition also reprints the pseudo-Aristotelian De coloribus in the Latin version by Celio Calcagnini, and the dialogue on color terms and qualities by Antonio Telesio. Garrison-Morton 2666 (1529 edition); Durling 2578 (this edition); Sarton III, 890-91. MEDICINE LOTS 174 - 204 175 c   ALBERTUS MAGNUS, attributed to. De secretis mulierum libellus [and other texts]. 391, [9] pages. 16mo, 115x72 mm, old sheep, joints partly restored, endpapers renewed; marginal soiling and dampstaining, dark stain in upper outer corner of D5-6 with repairs slightly affecting text, old signatures on title and marginalia on page 242. Strassburg: Lazarus Zetzner, 1601 [400/600] Popular writings originally published in the 1470s dealing with astrological influences on pregnancy and women’s health; magic properties of plants, stones, and animals; and wonders of nature. Pages 241-391 contain De secretis naturae, on generation and physiognomy, ascribed to Michael Scot. Krivatsy 103; Sarton II, 941 and 580.