Bartholomaeus Eustachius - Erotiani Graeci scriptoris vetustissimi vocum quae apud Hippocratem sunt collectio - 1566

Full parchment binding with gold frames on the boards. Spine with title and author in gold on a green leather label. Bluish-orange speckled edges.

1 blank sheet, [20], 152, 1 blank sheet

FIRST EDITION of this famous work published in Venice in 1566 by the printer Lucantonio Giunta, which represents one of the most important medical and philological glossaries of the ancient world. Curated by the physician and Greek grammarian Erotianus during the 1st century A.D. (Neronian era), the text collects, arranges alphabetically and explains rare, archaic or dialectal terms present in the Hippocratic Corpus. This specific and rare Venetian edition is made particularly valuable from a scientific standpoint because it includes the annotations and critical appendices of the famous anatomist Bartolomeo Eustachi, together with his treatise Libellus de multitudine.

Printer’s device on the title page presenting 3 sigla of an ancient owner handwritten. Two small wormholes along the first fifty pages without affecting the text. Initial capital letters, headers and tailpieces. Water stain at the lower margin along the second half of the volume. Some pages browned. Ex libris applied to the flyleaf. Overall complete and usable copy in good preservational condition."