Omnia, quae adhuc extant Opera, in vnum congesta & in Medicinae studiosorum gratiam, nunc primùm tali ordine excusa . . . by FALLOPPIO, Gabriele (1523-1562) - 1584

Venice,: Felice Valgrisi, 1584., 1584. Folio (in 6). *6, A-Dd8, Ee4, Ff8-Mmm8, Nnn10. Foliation: [6], 469 ff. Woodcuts: title-vignette, 138r, 331v, 333r, 335v, woodcut initials, head & tail pieces. Binding: Modern full dark brown morocco, gilt ruled, raised bands, gilt decorative spine with title, original endleaves preserved. Occasional water-stain to corners, paper repairs to margins (f. 51, 75, 157, 170, 324). PROVENANCE: bookseller label: Jacques LeChevalier [medical bookseller, Paris]. Early manuscript signature of Joannus Lyould [possibly Jean-- [of] Lyons?]. WITH: 11-line manuscript on front blank. Rubber stamp: Doctor Mario E. Spada. AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL COPY. Rare. First collected edition of the collected works of Falloppio. There were two issues of the same year, the other issued in Frankfurt by the firm of Andreas Wechelus (d.1581). / The work contains fourteen books, or sections, [1] De Simplicibus Medicamentis purgantibus [of simple medications, drugs]; [2]Ad Eccell. D. Hieronymum Mercurialem de Asparagiis [Letter to Girolamo Mercuriale on the medicinal benefits of Asparagus] ; [3] De Compositione Medicamentorum [The Composition of Drugs]; [4] De Medicaris acquis [Medical information]; [5] De Metallis & Fossilibus [Of Minerals & Fossils]; [6] Observationes Anathomicae; [7] Institutiones Anathomicae [Institutions of Anatomy, meaning all the parts of anatomy and their functions]; [8] In librum Galeni de ossibus exposition [Exposition of the bones in Galen's book]; Observationis de Venis [Observations of veins]; [10] De Cauteriis [About Cauteries]; [11] In Hippocratis coi librum de Vulneribus capitis expositio [The exposition of Hippocrates? book on wounds in the head]; [12] De Ulceribus [ulcers]; [13] De Tumoribus praeter naturam [Of unnatural tumors]; [14] De Morbo Gallico [syphilis]. / ?Many of Fallopius? writings which were no longer available in original or single editions in the late sixteenth century were preserved in this first edition of his collected works. Included here are his treatises on tumors, ulcers, syphilis, and Observationes anatomicae from which so many common anatomical terms have been derived. Also among the contents of this volume are commentaries on Galen and Hippocrates, discussions of metals and fossils, notes on pharmacology, and letters to contemporaries.? - Heirs of Hippocrates, 340 [Andreae Wecheli issue]. / Gabriele Falloppio (1523-1562) was an Italian Catholic priest and anatomist often known by his Latin name Fallopius. He was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century, giving his name to the Fallopian tube. REFERENCES: Durling 1425 (this issue); Heirs of Hippocrates, 340 [Wecheli issue]; Waller 2937 [Wecheli issue]. Not in Wellcome catalogue, and not in their online holdings either.