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Aurelii Cornelii Celsi Medicinae liber primus incipit

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Description: Chancery folio, with paper measuring 28.9 x 19.4 cm. Text in one column; guide letters for initials. Signatures: a-i⁶ k-l⁴ (a1 blank). Binding: three-quarters vellum over marbled paper.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [8 July 1493]
Call number: 102898
Creator: Celsus, Aulus Cornelius(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925. Ms. title on recto of leaf a1. Inscription on bottom of leaf a2r: Ex libris Petri Trois[?] medici physici. Ms. annotations in Greek on verso of leaf a1 and in Italian on verso of leaf l4.