Lot n° 276

BENEDETTI, Alessandro Anatomice sive historia corporis hûani. Eisudem collectiones medicinales …

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BENEDETTI, Alessandro Anatomice sive historia corporis hûani.
Eisudem collectiones medicinales seu aforismi. Paris, Henri Estienne, 1514. Petit in-4 (194 x 138 mm) de 82 ff.ch. Basane, larges roulettes à froid en encadrement des plats, panneau central avec composition florale aux petits fers, dos lisse, tranches rouges (reliure du XVIIIème siècle).
Durling, 521 ; Renouard, Estienne, 15:3 ; Wellcome, 200. Manque à
Schreiber, Adams et British Library.
Première édition imprimée par Estienne. Elle est illustrée d'un beau titre gravé sur bois, orné de rinceau et de deux personnages.
Alessandro Benedetti (1452-1512), médecin, anatomiste, historien, philologue et humaniste italien de la Renaissance, a reçu ses premières leçons littéraires de Giovanni Antonio Panteo, professeur d'humanités à Vérone, sa ville natale.
“Alexander Benedictus was a medical professor, much interested in anatomy, who had effective command of Greek obtained during residence in the Levant. By about 1490 he was demonstrating anatomy in Padua, where he had a special building for the purpose.
His Anatomice was printed at Venice in 1502 and several times afterwards. Its significance for us is that it passes the Latino-Arabic lightly and goes direct to he Greek of Galen with Benedictus must have studies in manuscripts. After Mundinus it is the first work entirely devoted to anatomy, and he is certainly the first anatomist after Valla to draw terms from Pollux. It is likely that Vesalius had read the book of Benedictus before he left Paris, since a student's edition had been issued there in 1514 by Henri Estienne” (Charles Singer, A Prelude to
Modern Science). Bon exemplaire, grand de marges.
Provenance : Fuker, Kosice (ex-libris).
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