Amatus Lusitanus (pseudonym of João Rodrigues de Castello Branco). Curationum Medicinalium, Centuriae Duae, Tertia et Quarta ["Second, Third & Fourth Centuries: Collection of Medical Case Histories"]
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 14
(MEDICINE)
Amatus Lusitanus (pseudonym of João Rodrigues de Castello Branco). Curationum Medicinalium, Centuriae Duae, Tertia et Quarta ["Second, Third & Fourth Centuries: Collection of Medical Case Histories"]
Lyon: Rouillius 1565
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $900
The passage which evidently an ecclesiastical authority saw fit to expunge is where Amatus shares the Jewish legend concerning the birth of Ben Sira, namely that he was born to Jeremiah's daughter after she had immersed herself in a bath inseminated by her father the Prophet Jeremiah. See EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 548-50, s.v. Alphabet of Ben Sira; Steinschneider ed., Alpha Beta de-Ben Sira (Berlin, 1858), 16b-17a