Oribasius, Oribasii Sardiani Synopseos ad Eustathium, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1554, contemporary limp vellum

Oribasius. Oribasii Sardiani Synopseos ad Eustathium filium libri nouem: quibus tota medicina in compendium redacta continetur. Ioanne Baptista Rasario Nouariensi medico interprete. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1554

First edition, derived from his larger work Collectorum medicinalium (see following lots). Oribasius produced this abridged edition or synopsis for his son Eustathius. "For the historian of medicine Oribasius is especially important for his role in preserving earlier, more important medical authors, whom we know about, in part, only through his excerpts" (DSB).

8vo (160 x 100 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z⁸ AA-DD⁸: 216 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title- page. (Scattered spotting, staining, and browning.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (160 x 112 mm), yapps edges, traces of two pairs of ties, flat spine with manuscript title. (Text block becoming detached, final gathering loose, some staining.)

provenance: Initials "F.S.F.D." on front free endpaper — Antonio Magnani (1734-1811), inkstamp on title-page — Biblioteca Comunale, Bologna, stamp "Duplicato". acquisition: Purchased from Librairie Thomas-Scheler, Paris, 1984. references: UCLA 462; Renouard 159/7; Edit16 27836; USTC 845433; Adams O-272