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Venice, heirs of Luca Antonio Giunti: 1565
1565 VENETIAN RENAISSANCE PUBLISHER GIUNTI'S LATIN TRANSLATION OF A VOLUME OF GALEN'S WORKS WITH WOODCUTS AND EARLY MARGINAL NOTATIONS. 14 inches tall hardcover, 19th century 1/2 leather binding with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt title. Title page bordered by woodcuts showing scenes from Galen's life, 682 pp containing many decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. Binding very good minus with corners and edges worn, gilt spine bright. Rippling to pages, title page with browning, soiling, lacking 1 inch top corner (not affecting woodcuts), with small institutional handstamp...
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