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Hardcover. Etat : Good. FIRST EDITION of second work. Folio, 2 works in one, pp. (xxxvi) 342 (vi); ff. (iv) 40. Roman letter, some italic and Greek. Woodcut historiated and floriated initials, printed side notes. Occasional contemporary marginalia in Latin, Greek and French, underlining. Printer s device on both t-p and on verso of last page of first work, one typographical ornament. Contemporary ms. ex libris of the Lyonnaise surgeon Simon Guy (ca. XVI century) to first t-p and autograph to p. 1 of first work. Arms of the French cardinal Robert de Lenoncourt (1485-1561) printed on verso of second t-p. Age yellowing, light waterstains to first t-p and to margins of first and last few gatherings, small worm-trail to lower blank margin of two central gatherings, rare marginal foxing. A good copy in contemporary vellum, covers a little soiled and worn, lacking ties. C17 reback in sheep (joints split at head), double gilt ruled in five compartments with fleurons and floral corner-pieces, gilt ornaments on raised bands. C14 manuscript stubs from the Ordinatio Oxoniensis (Liber I) by the philosopher and theologian Adam de Wodeham (1298 1358). First edition of the most important Latin translation by Albanus Torinus of Alexander of Tralles chief work on medicine, bound together with a rare anatomical text by the Spanish Loys Vasse. On the title page of the first work, this compilation bears the ex-libris of the Lyonnaise surgeon Simon Guy: Ce livre est a moy Symon Guy en jung 1545 . He practised in Lyon at the half of the XVI century, and the French poet Barthélemy d Aneau addressed him as tresfidel & eccellent chirurgien M. Maistre Simon Guy in the dedication of his translation of Gesner s Thesaurus Evoymi Philiatri (1552). Guy s annotations are particularly interesting. First of all, because in a few cases he wrote the translation of Latin terms in vernacular French (see teigne p. 11 or frontal p. 25) attesting unlike many other annotated medical texts of the same period that the critical reading was also done in vernacular. Alexander of Tralles (525-625 AD) is considered one of the most eminent ancient physicians. Born to a well-known Byzantine family his brother Anthemius was the architect of Hagia Sophia he practiced medicine in Rome and in various cities across the Mediterranean. His most important work, Libri Duodecim de Re Medica, is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of numerous mainly internal diseases. In the rather sterile and literary tradition of Byzantine medicine, Alexander of Tralles stands out among many scholars, he is not a mere compiler of works written by others; his De singularum corporis partium is an original product of his personal experience, focused on practice rather than theory, and written with exceptional clarity. The identity of Loys Vasse, author of the second work, is obscure. Conversely, his In anatomen corporis humani, tabulae quatuor was a widely known dissection manual. The printing rights of this first edition were shared by three Parisian booksellers (Michaelis Faezandat, Jean Foucher and Vivant Gaultherot) for two years, and for this reason copies bear different names and dates between October 1540 and 1542. Those printed by Michaelis Faezandat are all dated to 1541. An epitome of the two works De anatomicis administrationibus and De usu partium by Galen, the book consists in a meticulous description of the human body, divided into four chapters dedicated to: abdomen, thorax, head and limbs. 1) Durling 147; Wellcome I 206; Adams 701 2) Durling 4545; Wellcome 6506; Adams 300. Smith, William, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (London 1870); Langslow, D.R., The Latin Alexander Trallianus: The Text and Transmission of a Late Latin Medical Book. (Journal of Roman Studies 10, 2006). For Simon Guy, see also: B. Rossignol, Médecine et médicaments au XVIe siècle à Lyon, (Lyon, 1990), p. 56.