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Epitomes omnium Galeni Pergameni operum, vniuersam illius viri doctrinam, & methodu[m], quàm accuratissimè contine[n]tis, sectio prima-[quarta]

Galen, Laguna, Andrés de, 1499-1559 · 1548 · Venetiis : Apud Hieronymum Scotum · 40 pictures

A 1548 Venice medical treatise, an epitome of Galen's works by Andrés de Laguna, printed by Hieronymus Scotus for physicians and students of Greek and Roman medicine. The four small printed initials show decorative letters built from grotesque figures, faces in roundels, and scrolling foliage, a model for ornamental capitals and historical border work.

Galen · Medicine, Greek and Roman

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