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Claudij Galeni Pergameni De temperamentis libri III : de inaequali intemperie liber I

Galen, Dubois, Jacques, 1478-1555, Linacre, Thomas, 1460-1524, Galen. De inaequali intemperie. Latin, Wechel, Chrestien, 1495-1554, printer · 1545 · Parisiis : Ex officina Christiani wecheli, sub scuto Basiliensi, in vico Iacobaeo : & sub Pegaso, in vico Bellouacensi · 5 pictures

A Latin medical treatise by Galen on bodily temperament, edited with translation work by Jacques Dubois and Thomas Linacre, printed in Paris in 1545 by the Wechel press for a scholarly readership of physicians and students. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials: putti and figures climbing, perching and gesturing within the letter A and a framed I, with foliage and cartouche ornament, a model for compact decorative letters.

Temperament

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