IBN NAHMIAS, ABRAHAM LUSITANUS. Methodus Medendi Universalis, per sanguinis missionem, et purgationem

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 321

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IBN NAHMIAS, ABRAHAM LUSITANUS. Methodus Medendi Universalis, per sanguinis missionem, et purgationem

Third Edition. Two parts in one pp. (8), 83, (12), (1 blank). Some staining, trace worming. Recent limp vellum. Sm. 4to Friedenwald, p. 167 & Cat. p. 30

Venice: Ioannem Baptista 1604

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

The physician Abraham ibn Nahmias, a native of Lisbon became a resident of free Constantinople. This medical text on the method of treating hematemesis and on the use of cold waters in inflammatory fevers is based on the author’s Hebrew work, "Sifrei Refu'ah." The present Latin edition opens with a paean to the Author by his countryman Dom Salomon Abenyahes [Ibn Yachye] Lusitano. See JE, Vol. IX, p.145; Kayserling, p. 76