Zacutus Lusitanus. De Medicorum Principum Historia Libri Sex

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Zacutus Lusitanus. De Medicorum Principum Historia Libri Sex

FIRST EDITION pp. (70), 624, (51). Trace dampstained. Contemporary vellum. 8vo

Cologne (i.e. Amsterdam): J.F. Stam 1629

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,400

A study on neurology and diseases of the brain. First work issued by the Portuguese Jewish medical doctor, also known as Manuel Alvares de Tavara (1576-1642). See H. Friedenwald, The Jews in Medicine (1967) Vol. I pp.295-321 (esp. p.317) and vol. II p. 770