KETHAM, Johannes de.

Fasciculus Medicinae.

      - One of 2800 numbered copies of this facsimile reprint of G.M. 363, "A collection of short medical treatises which circulated widely in manuscript, some as early as the 13th century. The great importance of this book is that it includes the first printed anatomic illustrations of any kind." With prospectus. Illustrated with 10 full-page plates. 80pp of black letter type, printed in double columns with rubrication throughout. Small folio, calf-backed blue printed boards; cardboard slipcase (broken). Venice: Johannes & Gregorius Fratres de Forlivio, 1491; i.e. Arlington Mass.: Medicina Rara, (no date). A near fine copy in a very good(-) slipcase. [Attributes: Hard Cover]