1542 GUINTI'S INDEX of GALEN'S WORKS antique FOLIO 16th century MEDICAL

Galenus ClaudiusIndex in libros omnes GALENIper Iuntas Venetiis Excusos... A Bartholomaeo Sylvanis medico authore. Venice, for L.A. Giunta heirs ; 1542 Small folio: 9 by 13.5"title page with historiated woodcut frame and printer's device at the colophon 6 lvs., 185 lvs, 1 leaf. Original full vellum with manuscript title to the spineBinding with damages, very good interior, a few occasional stainsWide-margined copy. Text in Latin=====================================GALEN [Galen of Pergamon] (129 - circa 216) was a physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire. Arguably the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen influenced the development of various scientific disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic. Galen may have produced more work than any author in antiquity. So profuse was Galen's output that the surviving texts represent nearly half of all the extant literature from ancien