Aphorismi by Hippocrates; Nicolao Leoniceno Vicentino, (interpreter) and [Giovanni Marinelli Marinello] - 1583

Venetiis: [Brognolo, Giaacchino], 1583. 12mo. 237 pages, [35]pp. index. commentary by Joannis Marinello. OCLC shows two copies in the U.S. (University of Texas, Medical Library; Welch Library at John Hopkins). Niccolo Leoniceno (1428-1524) made the original translation from the Greek in 1490. Edward P. Maoheny's festschrift for Paul Oskar Kristeller has an article on Leonicerno's influence on humanist medical education. It would be hard to find a Sixteenth Century medical doctor or student of medicine who did not carry this small book with him. Bound in brown cloth, green spine label. Cloth worn through corners and edges of boards, spine label chipped, one tiny worm hole through all lower margins not affecting any text. Small contemporary owner's name in brown ink. A very good, clean copy.