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Avicenna [Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abdallah Ibn Sina]
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Liber Canonis totius medicine ... a Gerardo Cremone[n]si ab arabica lingua in latina[m] reductus. Lyon: Jacques Myt, 1522
8vo (8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 215 x 155 mm). Title printed in red within an elaborate woodcut architectural frame with portraits of Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna as medieval doctors, several 4- and 5-line decorative woodcut initials, a few incipits printed in red; upper margin of title shaved touching a flame in a woodcut torch, marginal soiling in first few leaves, some marginal spotting and light browning. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, decorated in a panel design with roll-stamped portraits in the frame and arabesque stamps in the central panel, brass clasps and catches, roseate stamps on spine, ms. title label on top and bottom compartment of spine, vellum place tabs attached to fore-margins; soiled and stained, band of one clasp tearing, labels worn.
8vo (8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.; 215 x 155 mm). Title printed in red within an elaborate woodcut architectural frame with portraits of Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna as medieval doctors, several 4- and 5-line decorative woodcut initials, a few incipits printed in red; upper margin of title shaved touching a flame in a woodcut torch, marginal soiling in first few leaves, some marginal spotting and light browning. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, decorated in a panel design with roll-stamped portraits in the frame and arabesque stamps in the central panel, brass clasps and catches, roseate stamps on spine, ms. title label on top and bottom compartment of spine, vellum place tabs attached to fore-margins; soiled and stained, band of one clasp tearing, labels worn.
Provenance
Tombor Laszlo (small library stamp in lower margin of title)
Literature
Gultlingen, Lyon 2: 81, p. 135
Condition
Title printed in red within an elaborate woodcut architectural frame with portraits of Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna as medieval doctors, several 4- and 5-line decorative woodcut initials, a few incipits printed in red; upper margin of title shaved touching a flame in a woodcut torch, marginal soiling in first few leaves, some marginal spotting and light browning. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin, decorated in a panel design with roll-stamped portraits in the frame and arabesque stamps in the central panel, brass clasps and catches, roseate stamps on spine, ms. title label on top and bottom compartment of spine, vellum place tabs attached to fore-margins; soiled and stained, band of one clasp tearing, labels worn.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"The epitome of all precedent development, the final codification of all Graeco-Arabic medicine (Neuburger, cited in Heirs of Hippocrates, p. 23). Ibn Sina (ca. 980-1037) was an accomplished physician working for several rulers in Central Asia and Persia. He wrote widely in metaphysics, science and medicine. His Qanun was widely used in medieval universities as an advanced textbook, in the Latin translation of Gerard of Cremona, here with commentary by the Lyon physician Symphorien Champier (1471-1538).