Shelfmark
Fc.2.14(01)
Author
Alexander, ca. 525 - ca. 605 of Tralles,
Uniform title
[Biblia iatrika dyokaideka]
Title
Alexandrou Trallianou iatrou biblia duokaideka. Rhaze logos peri loimikes apo tes Syron dialektou exellenistheis. Alexandri Tralliani medici lib. XII. Rhazae de pestilentia libellus ex Syrorum lingua in Græcam translatus. / Iacobi Goupyli in eosdem castigationes. Ex Bibliotheca Regia.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Rhazae de pestilentia libellus ex Syrorum lingua in Græcam translatus
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Rhaze logos peri loimikes apo tes Syron dialektou exellenistheis
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Alexandri Tralliani medici lib. XII. Rhazae de pestilentia libellus ex Syrorum lingua in Græcam translatus
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lutetiae, : Ex officina Rob. Stephani, typographi Regii, typis Regiis., M.D.XLVIII. [1548]
Physical description
[8], 259, [1], 39, [1] p. ; fol.
Language
Ancient Greek text with dedication and commentary in Latin.
Note
At foot of t.p.: "Ex priuilegio Regis.".
Note
Woodcut initials, head-pieces.
Note
T.p. device of Grec du roi; printer's device with motto "Noli altum sapere" on verso of final leaf.
Note
"Iacobi Goupyli in Alexa[n]dru[m] Trallianum castigationes" (caption title): 36 p. at end with separate pagination and signatures.
Note
"De pestilentia" is also known as "Liber de variolis et morbillis"; translated from the Arabic "Kitāb al-judarī wa-l̕-ḥasba".
Note
"De re medica" translated from the Syriac text.
Note
Colophon: "Excudebat Robertus Stephanus typographus Regius, Lutetiae Parisiorum, anno M.D.XLVIII, prid. Non. Ianu.".
Note
First part of title transliterated from Greek characters.
Citation/references note
Renouard, 71.4
Citation/references note
Adams, A702
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown leather; blind tooled triple fillet forming three frames, with large fleurons at each corner, and an oval strapwork centrepiece; holes for chains and traces of ties; blind tooled single fillet decoration with two panels of hatching; new endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Df.3.7 and Dg.3.14.
Copy-specific note
Bound with Savonarola's Practica maior, published Venice, 1560.
Subject
Smallpox Early works to 1800.
Subject
Measles Early works to 1800.
Subject
Medicine, Arab.
Subject
Medicine, Ancient.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Robert, 1503? - 1559 printer.
Added entry--name
Goupyl, Jacques, ca. 1525 - 1564 commentator.
Added entry--name
Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya, 865? - 925? Kitāb al-judarī wa-l̕-ḥasba. Latin.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
grc lat syr ara
Identifier
B27945