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Auction 23 · Lot 174

Zacutus Lusitanus. De Medicorum Principum Historia Libri Sex

Estimate
$800–$1,200
Hammer price
$1,400

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(MEDICINE)

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J.F. Stam

Place

Cologne (i.e. Amsterdam)

Publication

1629

Description

FIRST EDITION

summary

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