Oribasius, Oribasii sardiani Collectorum medicinalium, Paris, Bernardino Torresano, 1555, contemporary French brown calf

Oribasius. Oribasii sardiani Collectorum medicinalium, libri XVII, qui ex magno septuaginta librorum volumine ad nostram aetatem soli pervenerunt. Paris: Bernardino Torresano, 1555

Paris edition, following Paolo Manuzio's edition (see previous lot).

8vo (170 x 104 mm). Roman type, 40 lines plus headline. collation: a-z⁸ A-S⁸ T⁴: 332 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title- page, woodcut headpieces and historiated initials. (Toning, occasional dampstaining to lower margin, scattered foxing.)

binding: Contemporary French brown calf (175 x 115 mm), two blind fillets framing central rectangle of three blind fillets, gilt fleuron at corners, small gilt arabesque at center, spine with raised bands in six compartments, compartments with gilt quadrilobed device, manuscript title on fire-edge. (Rebacked preserving backstrip, corners restored, rubbed.)

provenance: Sixteenth-century inscription "costo oribasi ocho ps" to front free endpaper — E.K. Schreiber, New York. acquisition: Purchased from E.K. Schreiber, New York, 1983. references: UCLA 1045; Renouard 296/2; FB 81070; USTC 151705; Adams O-267