GUAYNERIO (or GUAINERIO), Antonio.

OPUS PRAECLARUM ad praxim non mediocriter necessarium cum Joannis Falconi nonnullis non inutiliter adjunctis ... Reperiuntur Lugduni, ... In bibliotheca Scipionis de Gabiano,

      1534.. ad praxim non mediocriter necessarium cum Joannis Falconi nonnullis non inutiliter adjunctis ... Reperiuntur Lugduni, ... In bibliotheca Scipionis de Gabiano, 8vo, ff. [8], 307; without the final blank leaf; title-page in red and black with woodcut border and woodcut device, printed in gothic type, with woodcut initials; title-page and final leaf lightly browned and soiled, both with some minor edge wear and a couple of small marginal holes due to paper flaws, with some marginal damp-staining sporadically throughout, though most prominently affecting the preliminary leaves and from gathering R to the end, small wormhole at upper margin from ff. cclxxi to the end getting more pronounced and touching a few page numbers with some slight loss, a few headlines shaved close; in later full vellum, spine lettered in ink, with significant loss of vellum at tail of spine exposing cords, vellum split along extremities in places, corners bumped and worn, covers a little spotted and browned; with the modern book-plate of Dr Samuel X Radbill on front paste-down; despite faults, still a good copy of a scarce work. Durling 2190; Wellcome I, 2958; Baudrier, Bibliographie Lyonnaise, VII, p. 176; see Poynter, Wellcome Incunables nos 271-273; OCLC: 14325670 cites further copies at the University of Minnesota, the New York Academy of Medicine and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, with further copies located at Chicago and Texas.. Rare and attractive early sixteenth century edition of this compilation of the works of the 14th century physician Antonio Guainerio, divided into twelve sections, including those on the head, eye, heart, mania, and plague, and with a notable section on the nervous system. Of particular interest is a detailed section on gynaecology, with the author noting pregnancy in the absence of menstruation.Guaynerio (or Guainerio) was in Pavia towards the end of the 14th century, studied medicine under Jacobus Foroliviensis and settled in his home town as a physician. He held the position of Archiater at the court of Amadeus VIII and in his travels through France met with great acclaim. He was the first to mention metal sounds in the treatment of urethral strictures. Several outbreaks of the plague in parts of Savoy prompted the Duke to call on Guaynerio who was proved successful in fighting this disease. Waller p. 9 cites the 1497 Venice edition of his Opera Medica (see also Hain 8099 and Klebs 480.6), with Durling noting a 1518 edition of the present title edited by Claudio Astari, and Durling and the Wellcome citing a 1525 edition also printed in Lyons but by J. Myt for C. Fradin.The attractive title-page in red and black is surrounded by a handsome woodcut border. With initials throughout and other small woodcut decorations, the work is typographically appealing.