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Lefebure de Villebrune’s Hippocratis Aphorismi, Paris 1779, a single volume (Réédition) in Latin and Greek, 371 pages, 17 by 10 cm, with a frontispiece portrait, in good condition.
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The Hippocrates Aphorisms, edited and translated by Villebrune in 1779, constitute a scholarly undertaking aimed at making accessible and intelligible one of the foundational texts of ancient medicine. The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, composed of brief and often enigmatic formulas, are here accompanied by critical and explanatory work that seeks to illuminate their meaning, vocabulary, and medical significance. Villebrune undertakes to compare the Greek text with Latin and modern translations, to correct certain traditional interpretations, and to place the aphorisms in their doctrinal context. The work thus does not limit itself to a simple translation: it is an effort to reconcile respect for Hippocratic authority with the demands of Enlightenment medicine of the eighteenth century, attentive to observation, method, and rationality."} } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }}:
Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune is a French physician and scholar of the 18th century, specializing in the study of Greek medical texts. He belongs to that generation of scholars who, in the context of the Enlightenment, seek to reread the Ancients in a critical rather than dogmatic manner. His medical training is accompanied by a solid philological culture, which enables him to work directly on Greek sources. Villebrune does not question the importance of Hippocrates, but he strives to distinguish what pertains to a medicine still pertinent from what belongs to an ancient theoretical framework. His work thus participates in a double movement: the transmission of ancient medical heritage and the adaptation of this knowledge to the intellectual and scientific norms of his time.
LEFEBURE DE VILLEBRUNE, Jean Baptiste - Aphorisms of Hippocrates.
Paris, 1779. First edition.
1 volume, 12mo, 371 pp. Illustrated with a portrait on the frontispiece.
Full period calf binding in good condition. Spine with raised bands, gold tooling well preserved and bright. Wear and small losses at the corners and at the headcaps. Wear to the hinges, one cover board split. Overall good condition.
Well-preserved interior. A portrait on the frontispiece. In Latin and Greek.
A fine example.
The Hippocrates Aphorisms, edited and translated by Villebrune in 1779, constitute a scholarly undertaking aimed at making accessible and intelligible one of the foundational texts of ancient medicine. The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, composed of brief and often enigmatic formulas, are here accompanied by critical and explanatory work that seeks to illuminate their meaning, vocabulary, and medical significance. Villebrune undertakes to compare the Greek text with Latin and modern translations, to correct certain traditional interpretations, and to place the aphorisms in their doctrinal context. The work thus does not limit itself to a simple translation: it is an effort to reconcile respect for Hippocratic authority with the demands of Enlightenment medicine of the eighteenth century, attentive to observation, method, and rationality."} } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }}:
Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune is a French physician and scholar of the 18th century, specializing in the study of Greek medical texts. He belongs to that generation of scholars who, in the context of the Enlightenment, seek to reread the Ancients in a critical rather than dogmatic manner. His medical training is accompanied by a solid philological culture, which enables him to work directly on Greek sources. Villebrune does not question the importance of Hippocrates, but he strives to distinguish what pertains to a medicine still pertinent from what belongs to an ancient theoretical framework. His work thus participates in a double movement: the transmission of ancient medical heritage and the adaptation of this knowledge to the intellectual and scientific norms of his time.
LEFEBURE DE VILLEBRUNE, Jean Baptiste - Aphorisms of Hippocrates.
Paris, 1779. First edition.
1 volume, 12mo, 371 pp. Illustrated with a portrait on the frontispiece.
Full period calf binding in good condition. Spine with raised bands, gold tooling well preserved and bright. Wear and small losses at the corners and at the headcaps. Wear to the hinges, one cover board split. Overall good condition.
Well-preserved interior. A portrait on the frontispiece. In Latin and Greek.
A fine example.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Medicine, Science
Book Title
Hippocratis Aphorismi
Author/ Illustrator
Lefebure de Villebrune
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1779
Height
17 cm
Edition
Reprint
Width
10 cm
Language
Greek, Latin
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
371
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