AETIUS AMIDENUS.

AETIUS AMIDENUS. Aetii Amideni quem alii Antiochenum vocant medici clarissimi libri xvi. Tomi Duo. Basel, Froben, 1535. [followed by] Aetii Antiocheni medici de cognoscendis et curandis morbis sermones sex. Basel, Froben, 1533. [followed by] Tomus tertius habet Aetii Amideni Medici Clarissimi de re medica libros tres. Basel, Froben, 1535. 3 parts in one folio volume, the first complete edition of the works of Aetius Amedinus, a 6th-century Greek Byzantine physician and one of the earliest known Christian physicians. Distinct title and printer’s mark on last leaf of each part. Bound in later marbled half-basin with corners, spine with 4 strong bands, green morocco title-piece. Handwritten ex-libris, including Chappelier. (significant rubbing and small wormholes to binding, traces of wetness, ink stain at top of leaves in first volume, some foxing).