Rare first edition of a medical compendium based on the doctrines of Hippocrates and Galen, written by a Dutch professor at the university of Padua. Hippocrates (ca. 460-370 BCE) is often called the "father of medicine", due to his numerous contributions to the field which are still in use today, like the Hippocratic oath. Together with Galen (ca. 129-216 CE), who developed the theory of the four humours, he is considered the leading doctor of his time. The present work is a compilation of some of their most important texts. It is very rare, as we have not been able to find any other copies in sales records of the past hundred years.
With a near-contemporary owners inscription on the title page ("Joannes Franciscus Masci Bianchi (?)"). The boards are somewhat rubbed. The first few leaves are somewhat frayed around the top and bottom edge, a water stain on the last few leaves. Otherwise in good condition. ICCU 031138 (4 copies); Krivatsky 2525; OPAC SBN, BVEE 031138 (5 copies); USTC 4030104 (5 copies); WorldCat 488282641, 493390819 (7 copies); cf. for Cnutius: Mededelingen van het Nederlands Historisch Instituut te Rome XXXI (1961), pp. 348-349.