Caelius Aurelianus

Liber celerum vel acutarum passionu

      Paris: Simon de Colines, 1533. 8vo. 131ff., woodcut printer's device on title, numerous crible initials throughout. Later vellum. Margins of title and following leaf repaired, some minor dampstaining. Two leaves reversed, but complete. First edition. See G-M 1959.1: "From a clinical point of view, the two works of Caelius Aurelianus ("Tardarum passionum" [Chronic diseases, 1529] and "Liber celerum vel acutarum passionum" [Acute diseases]), based on Greek originals by Soranus of Ephesus now lost, represent the high point of Graeco-Roman medical achievement. . . . Both editions were based on Latin manuscripts which have since disappeared." Rare on the market.