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Facsimile Reprint of 1848 Ed. [viii] + 212pp. + [ii]. Ex.-libris Jacob Henry Goldin, marbled e.ps., very good in full modern chestnut brown leather with blind ruling and dec. gilt device to both boards, gilt ruled raised bands gilt motifs and gilt title to spine, a.e.g. No. 72 of The Classics of Medicine Library.G & M 5441 'Rhazes differentiated measles from smallpox.' US$37.

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Softcover. 8°, 23,5 x 16,5 cm. Original brochure, heavily rubbed. About 300 pages in Arabic. The book comes from the estate of Dr. Rainer Nabielek (1944-2021), medical historian, sexologist and orientalist. With his ownership stamp on the back of the title page. Clean inside and still in good condition overall. --- Originalbroschur, stärker berieben. Etwa 300 Seiten in arabischer Sprache. Unser Exemplar stammt aus dem Nachlass von Dr. Rainer Nabielek (1944-2021), Medizinhistoriker, Sexualwissenschaftler und Orientalist. Mit seinem Besitzstempel auf der Rückseite des Titelblatts. Innen sauber und insgesamt noch gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Ob Sonnenschein oder warmer Regen: mit einem interessanten Buch kommen Sie immer gut durch den Tag. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! Arab.ik.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. 8vo. [3], 915 pp., [4], French & Arabic text, publisher's original wrappers, slightly soiled, biblio, light crease on spine, otherwise copy clean inside & in very good condition, Edition Critique et Traduction de Soubhi M. Hammami, Institut de l'Histoire des Sciences Arabes. University of Aleppo, 1992. In order to illustrate the remarkable work of Al Razi, this work which evokes diseases of the chest, heart, liver and spleen. Al Razi attaches great importance to the hygiene of life, and to the mental of the patient; to whom he recommends to "have fun, listen to music, sleep well, perfume his clothes, and avoid fatigue and coitus". We discover that it is a precursor, already advocating a healthy diet, low in lipids and favoring lean meats and fruits. In addition, he draws up a table, which specifies the various diseases of the heart, and lists the warning signs, in order to make a prescription. For example, for patients suffering from a dry mood of the heart, the signs of which are leanness of the body, and a small and frequent pulse; Al Razi advocates avoiding fatigue. And in case of fever which accompanies this evil, he advises against milk, and recommends taking a bath with pure water, following which will be applied on the chest and between the shoulders of the patient: oil and wax. In this case, he is also told to drink barley soup, accompanied by almond oil and a little sugar. #23880.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. [3], 915 pp+ [5]; French & Arabic text, biblio, spine lightly creased and rubbed at extremities, otherwise copy clean inside & in very good condition, Edition Critique et Traduction de Soubhi M. Hammami, Institut de l'Histoire des Sciences Arabes. In order to illustrate the remarkable work of Al Razi, this work which evokes diseases of the chest, heart, liver and spleen. Al Razi attaches great importance to the hygiene of life, and to the mental of the patient; to whom he recommends to "have fun, listen to music, sleep well, perfume his clothes, and avoid fatigue and coitus". We discover that it is a precursor, already advocating a healthy diet, low in lipids and favouring lean meats and fruits. In addition, he draws up a table, which specifies the various diseases of the heart, and lists the warning signs, in order to make a prescription. For example, for patients suffering from a dry mood of the heart, the signs of which are leanness of the body, and a small and frequent pulse; Al Razi advocates avoiding fatigue. And in case of fever which accompanies this evil, he advises against milk, and recommends taking a bath with pure water, following which will be applied on the chest and between the shoulders of the patient: oil and wax. In this case, he is also told to drink barley soup, accompanied by almond oil and a little sugar. #29257.

hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Translation of Abu Becr Mohammed Ibn Zacariya Ar-Razi's treatise on Small-Pox and Measles, being a volume of the Sydenham Society's publications designed to disseminate historically important medical texts from non-English sources; translated from the Arabic by William Alexander Greenhill; Rhazes was a 10th-Century Persian physician (and alchemist/philosopher) of the Islamic Golden Age, recognised as the first to distinguish between Small-Pox and Measles - as per the text here translated from the orignal 'al-Judari wa al-Hasbah'; includes Translator's Introduction, Greek Translator's Preface, Arabic Alphabet, and Arabic Index containing the names of all the articles in Materia Medica mentioned by Rhazes; 40 page list of Members of the Sydenham Society to rear of text; blue cloth boards with ornate blind-embossed designs, gilt titling to spine, gilt motif to front and rear board; top edge gilt, text block untrimmed; med-heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, occasional foxing in text, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed, split to cloth at hinge near head of spine; edgewear to head and tail of spine. no dustwrapper. 212pp (40). 8vo. Very Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 274 pp. Arabic & French text, + 2 facsimile plates of original manuscript, biblio. index. Edition critique et traduction de Soubhi M. Hammami, Aleppo University, Institute for The History of Arabic Science. Copy in very good condition. #29258.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 333 pp of Arabic text, 10 pp of French text, facsimile pages from original manuscript, figures, edition critique et commentaire de S. Kataya, biblio, index, light foxing to outer edges, otherwise copy clean inside & in very good condition. nb. 29254 Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (also known bythe West by Rhazes or Rasis, circa 865--925) was a physician, and philosopher who made major and lasting contributions to the fields of medicine, music, philosophy, and alchemy. He was the author of more than 200 books and treatises. He left behind more than 200 books and manuscripts containing extracts from earlier scholars regarding diseases and therapy, in addition to numerous records from his own medical practice. He innovated a lot of theories that contributed to the development of medicine at that time; most of his books were translated into European languages and used in many European universities. He was known in the fields of both medicine and chemistry and undertook chemical experiments to create medicines to treat particular diseases. He followed a scientific approach in his research using the methods of monitoring and observation, which gave his chemical experiments a special value.

2 vols. Tall 8vo (100 x 185 mm). 109 ff. 89 ff. Arabic manuscript on paper. Black naskh script with important words and phrases picked out in red. Originally bound as one. Sans binding, and housed in custom red cloth box. Rare and little known to scholarship: a medical work by one of the greatest physicians in Muslim history, copied quite early. Abu Bakr Al-Razi (ca. 864-925) is known by the name of Rhazes in the Latin tradition; few if any can claim his scope of influence on medical thought in the Christian and Muslim worlds alike. - While the manuscript of al-Razi's "Kitab al-Mansuri" ("The Book of Medicine for Al-Mansur") was translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona around 1180 and disseminated to the West, the "Taqasim al-'ilal", sometimes also known as "Taqsim wa al-Tashjir" ("Dividing and Diagramming"), remains almost unknown among al-Razi's prolific productions, the present example being one of very few surviving manuscripts. A critical edition was not published until 1992, by the University of Aleppo. - Rather than following the traditional method of treating body parts in order in an anatomical "head to toe" approach, the "Taqasim al-'ilal" details a series of case studies of each ailment in 31 themed chapters. Each chapter begins with the general and then narrows its focus for very careful and deliberate diagnosis. The first chapter, for example, is titled simply "On headaches," but gives an immediate distinction between a headache and migraine, after which symptomatology is further distinguished: there is a headache affecting the auricular region (suda' ma'a waj' al-udhn), the eye (al-'ayn), or a headache-causing cough (suda' ma'a al-su'al). - In the present manuscript, the "Taqasim" is followed by a copy of al-Razi's "Aqrabadin", itself the source of Masawaih's "Antidotarium". The final section of the treatise deals specifically with surgical procedures, such as the cauterization of wounds or the setting of dislocated or fractured bones. - A highly important and very early copy from one of the great names in the history of science, and one which would benefit greatly from the scholarly attention it has lacked for centuries. - In two volumes, originally bound as one, complete. Some paper repairs, generally marginal. Well preserved. - GAL I, 223, no. 9.4, 9.5. Taqasim al-'ilal. Aleppo, Ma'had al-Turat al-'Ilmi al-'Arabi, 1992.

8vo (126 x 200 mm). 32 ff. (the first 5 leaves contain Al-Razi's text). Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper. 18th century leather rebacked with modern spine. A treatise in Arabic by one of the greatest names in the history of medical science, Abu Bakr Al-Razi (ca. 864-925), also known by the Latin name Rhazes in Europe. Here he writes on the topic of foods and eating habits, bound in a manuscript together with two selections from two 14th century Persian works on medicines and gemstones, followed by an 18th century Arabic pharmacopeia. - Al-Razi was a Persian polymath with an interest in alchemy, philosophy, and medicine who lived and worked in Baghdad and his hometown of Ray. He was an early proponent of experimental medicine, a doctor, and a teacher; he was the first to record a differentiation between smallpox and measles, and the pupil's reaction to light. By modern standards he would also be considered a holistic physician, with a multifaceted approach to the health of his patients, concerned not just with the treatment of acute symptoms via surgery or medicines, but also with general health and especially with diet, as is particularly well documented in this manuscript, which discusses which fruits should be consumed at which times to promote health in a patient. - Bound alongside Al-Razi's treatise are other aids for the aspiring physician or scholar, which include: extracts from a translation of a list of drugs into Persian (written by the same scribe as the Al-Razi treatise), an extract of a Persian treatise on gemstones from the same period, and finally an 18th century Arabic list of medicinal drugs, detailing their uses and sorted by their state (i.e., cold drugs, wet drugs, and dry drugs). - A few subtle paper repairs; in excellent condition and quite well preserved.

8vo. VII, (1), 212, (40) pp. Contemporary blindstamped green cloth with gilt arms to covers and gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. Early English translation of this treatise differentiating measles from small pox. "The first medical description of small pox was written by Rhazes about the year 910" (Garrison/M. 5404). He is considered the greatest medieval physician next to Avicenna. Published by the Sydenham Society, during its short existence between 1843 and 1857 a "powerhouse in disseminating medical literature in the age of the empire" (K. Gotman). - Binding a little rubbed and bumped at extremeties; spine professionally restored. Ownership (dated 1848) of George Edward Wilmot Wood, MD (1806-64) of Winchester, member of the Society, on the flyleaf. - Garrison/Morton 5441.

Folio (215 x 316 mm). (4), 125 ff., final blank f. Title-page printed in red and black. With woodcut title border and numerous initials. - (Bound after) II: Hyginus, C[aius] Julius. Fabularum liber [.]. Basel, Johann Herwagen, March 1535. (24), 246, (2) pp. With 2 different printer's devices, 48 woodcuts in the text and numerous initials. - (Bound after) III: Alexander Trallianus. De singularum corporis partium, ab hominis coronide ad imum usque calcaneum, vitiis, aegritudinibus, & injuriis [.]. Basel, Heinrich Petri, (March 1533). (18) ff. (last blank), 342, (6) pp. With repeated woodcut printer's device and numerous initials. Contemporary wooden covers with blindstamped leather spine on four double bands. 2 clasps. The principal work of Rhazes, hailed as the "Arabic Galen", frequently reissued with a wealth of commentaries as late as the Renaissance. Dedicated to Prince Almansor of Chorasan, this edition contains the commentary of the physician Galeazzo da Santa Sofia (d. 1427), a native of Padua who served in Vienna as the personal physician to Duke Albrecht IV - likely the only edition of this commentary. The volume was edited by the physician Georg Kraut, who contributed a "Libellus introductorius in artem parvam Galeni de principiis universalibus totius medicinae". - II: Bound before this is the first edition of this variously reprinted collection of Hyginus's mythographical works, "an indispensable aid for the knowledge of the subject matter of Greek tragedy" (Tusc. Lex. Lit.). This is the first appearance in print of the "Fabularum liber", edited by Jacob Micyllus; the finely illustrated "Poeticon astronomicon" had first appeared in 1482. - III: Also bound within the same volume is the second Latin edition of the works of Alexander from Tralles in Lydia (525-ca. 605), the third great physician of the Byzantine epoch, edited by the learned Swiss physician Alban Thorer (Albanus Torinus, 1489-1516). - Traces of a removed title label on the upper cover of the well-preserved binding. Finely penned annotations to Rhazes; the other works contain marginalia in a different hand. An old ownership appears to have been removed from the upper blank margin of Hyginus. Wants the first free endpaper. Some dampstaining to upper margins throughout; other margins show only occasional staining; otherwise largely clean with insignificant browning. - I. VD 16, M 6766. Adams R 225. BM-STC German 634. Benzing 115, 5. Bird 2030. Burg 187. Durling 1747. Haeser I, 705. Panzer VII, 111, 362. Wellcome I, 5748. Not in Lesky, Osler or Waller, not in Wolfenbüttel. - II: VD 16, H 6479. Honeyman 1738. Houzeau/L. 762. Panzer VI, 306, 1013. BM-STC German 427. Schweiger II.1, 464. Zinner 1592. Not in Adams. - III. VD 16, ZV 394. BM-STC German 20. Adams A 701 (incomplete). Choulant, Ält. Med. 136. Durling 147. Wellcome I, 206 (incomplete). Cf. Puschmann I, p. 99.

8vo. (48), 662, (2) pp. With woodcut printer's device on title-page, repeated on verso of final leaf. 18th century half calf with marbled boards and title giltstamped to spine. First Latin edition of this collection, published in Greek by Stephanus in Paris the previous year (itself a translation from Syriac): the twelve books on medicine by Alexander of Tralles, the first parasitologist in medical history (and the younger brother of Anthemius, architect of the Hagia Sophia), issued with al-Razi's classic treatise on smallpox and measles ("Kitab fi al-Jadari wa al-Hasaba"), also known as "Peri loimikes" or "De pestilentia": the first book ever published on smallpox. Indeed, al-Razi was the first physician in the history of medicine to differentiate between smallpox and measles, and consider them as two different diseases. The influence of his diagnostic concepts on Muslim medicine was very clear, especially on Ibn Sina. This work gained great popularity in Europe and was also translated into French, English and German; Brockelmann states it saw some 40 Latin editions between 1498 and 1866. - Al-Razi (also known as Rhazes; 850-923 or 932) is considered the greatest medieval physician next to Avicenna; he also conducted alchemical experiments. According to his biographer al-Gildaki, he was blinded for refusing to share his secrets of chemistry. - Binding lightly rubbed. Light brownstaining throughout, with a waterstain to the upper edge. A misprint has been overpasted with replacement text on pp. 40f. ("imo interdum mors talium potionem comitatur"). Rare; only two copies in auction records internationally since 1950. - VD 16, A 1786. Muller III, 448, 7. Ritter 36. BM-STC German 20. Wellcome I, 209. Durling 148. GAL S I, 419, no. 3. Cf. M. H. Fikri, Treasures from the Arab Scientific Legacy in Europe, No. 44 (Venice 1555 ed.). Not in Adams.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. First Edition. 4to. 333 pp of Arabic text, 10 pp of French text, facsimile pages from original manuscript, figures, edition critique et commentaire de S. Kataya, publisher's original wrappers, biblio, index, light foxing to outer edges, otherwise copy clean inside & in very good condition. #23595.

Softcover. 4°. Brochure originale, légèrement poussiéreuse et bosselée sur les bords, le coin supérieur est légèrement bosselé. Environ 200 pages en pagination arabe : page de titre et préface en français, sinon le texte arabe a été juxtaposé au texte français, sont également inclus 2 fac-similés. La page de titre est déchirée au niveau des agrafes. La couverture intérieure comporte une brève note barrée au stylo bille. L'intérieur est par ailleurs propre et en bon état général. --- Originalbroschur, etwas angestaubt und randbestoßen, obere Ecke ist leicht gestaucht. Etwa 200 Seiten in arabischer Paginierung: Titelblatt und preface in französisch, ansonsten wurde dem arabischen Text der französische Text gegenübergestellt, enthalten sind auch 2 Faksimiles. Das Titelblatt ist an der Klammerung ausgerissen. Vorderer Innendeckel mit kurzer durchgestrichener Kugelschreiber-Notiz. Innen ansonsten sauber und insgesamt in gutem Zustand. Veuillez également noter nos photos ! --- bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos ! -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Ob Sonnenschein oder warmer Regen: mit einem interessanten Buch kommen Sie immer gut durch den Tag. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! FL6375.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. unpaginated (ff. 189), printed gothic characters, with double-column text in small print by Benoît Bonnin, the edition is adorned with a beautiful frontispiece woodcut title placed in an architectural frame and bearing the typographical mark to the Angel of Vincent I of Portonaris; brown full calf (modern binding in the style of 16th century bindings), gilded outer edges, ornamental gilt on spine, S.l.n.d. [on the colophon], previous copy of doctor Jean Vigier (his signature is on the title and on the last sheet,and contains hand annotations by him in the margin of a dozen leaflets and many underlined passages); some light scattered spotting, worm traces on the first 5 pages with minor loss of letters, otherwise copy in very good condition - Rare copy of this well-known treatise on Renaissance medicine by Marco Gatinaria and comments on the "Liber Nonus" by the famous Arab doctor Ibn Zakaria Razi, known as Rhazes Almansur, followed by the texts of Astari, Landulfo and Sebastiano dell'Aquila. Marco Gatinara (circa 1442-1496) taught the practice of Rhazes at the faculty of Pavia. We owe him the invention of the syringe, the first models of which he made in wood then in metal. Moreover, a woodcut figure on folio 41 represents a large syringe, or rather a clyster. No copies of this edition are listed in the Lyon Library. This particular copy was for doctor Jean Vigier (died 1665), born and died in Castres where he practised medicine and surgery. He's the author of various treaties including La Grande Chirurgie des Ulcères (1609) [The Great Surgery of ulcers]. It bears his signature on the title and the last sheet, and contains annotations by hand in the margin of a dozen pages and many underlined passages. "Gatinari (died 1496) is regarded as an 'Arabistic Writer' - this contains a mass of practical therapeutic information checked throughout by personal experiences. He has a marked place in the evolution of medical thought and practice" (Klebs). Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, known in the West as Rhazes, was the leading scholar of the early Islamic world. His stature is comparable only to that of Ibn Sina a century later. Influenced by Hippocrates and classical Greek medicine, Al Razi wrote numerous books on a range of medical and scientific subjects. The Al-Mansuri and Al-Hawi, his encyclopedic reviews of medicine, were translated into several languages and became a standard text for Islamic and European medical students for centuries. He was a keen experimenter and observer. As director of a large hospital in Baghdad and physician to the royal court, he engaged in medicine on a practical level and these experiences permeate his writings. He saw the importance of recording a patient's case history and made clinical notes about the progress and symptoms of different illnesses, including his own. For the first time, Rhazes reported the origin of the ankle vein: "? saphena ? ad partem cruris silvestrem tendit, ? quousque ad cavillam perveniat exteriorem, quae etiam vena dicitur sciatica ": "? the saphenous vein ? extends through the outer part of the leg, ? until it reaches the outer ankle, which is also called the sciatic vein". For pain management he wrote: " Sciatica autem est phlebotomanda, cum dolor a brachiis usque ad pedem protenditur ": "Moreover, the sciatic vein must be lanced when the pain extends from the arm to the foot." Bibliographic References: Baudrier, t. V, pp. 440-441. - Durling, n°2020. #35768.

8vo (182 x 125 mm). Latin manuscript on vellum. 64 unnumbered pp. (complete; collation: I-IV.8); catchwords survive. 29 lines, ruled space: 126 x 86 mm, rubrics, paraphs and initials in red. A few maniculae, some passages underlined by a later owner. Bound in modern vellum over pasteboards. A handsome and early collection of nine medieval alchemical texts, written at the height of the Italian Renaissance and deeply rooted in the Arab tradition. The manuscript opens with the "Mirror of the Secrets of Alchemy", attributed on its first page to the legendary Byzantine monk Morienus, who went to Alexandria to study with the Arabian scholar Adfar, whose favourite student he became. Subsequently settling in Jerusalem as a hermit, he devoted his life to the hermetic arts before learning that Khalid, the Sultan of Egypt, "was desirous to find someone who could interpret for him the writings of Hermes and of Adfar" (Ferguson). - The second text is Arnaldus de Villa Nova's "Liber Lumen Luminis", a work attributed to Abu Bakr al-Razi. The third tract contains the famous "On the Philosopher's Stone". The fourth text ("Liber duodecim aquarium"), which lists the characteristics and composition of twelve different solutions including aqua rubicunda (red ink), aqua penetrativa (the universal solvent), and aqua mollificativa (which softens all things), is again attributed to Rhazes. - This is followed by the "Liber trium verborum", the translation of an Arabic treatise by the alchemist Khalid ibn Yazid, son of the Umayyad caliph Yazid I. Khalid's alleged alchemical pursuits likely stem from a ninth-century Arabic legend, which also falsely attributed to him the first sponsorship of Greek philosophical and scientific translations into Arabic; a process which actually began under Caliph al-Mansur (754-775). - The volume concludes with Latin translations of Jabir ibn Hayyan's "Kitab al-Thalathin Kalima" (The Book of Thirty Words) and his "Kutub al-Sab'un" (The Book of Seventy), unifying a large part of his alchemical writings by addressing the hidden powers of mineral, vegetable, and animal substances, as well as their practical applications in medicine and various other pursuits. - Lower half of fol. 4 cut away with loss of 10 lines of text, minimal dampstaining to gutters, else in excellent condition. - (1) Circular blue ink ownership stamp on fol. 1 and stamp along the inside margin, now almost entirely illegible. The 1977 Sotheby's catalogue had this as "Di casa Minutoli-Tegrimi": this is Count Eugenio Minutoli-Tegrimi of Lucca, who sold his collection in 1871, Catalogo dei codici manoscritti posseduti dal nobile signore Conte Eugenio Minutoli Tegrimi. Reproductions of the stamp in Alexander and de la Mare, Italian Manuscripts of Major J. R. Abbey, p. 53; and a list of other Minutoli-Tegrimi manuscripts in England on p. 55, no. 2. - (2) Sotheby's, 13 July 1977, lot 53. - (3) Sion Segre Amar (1910-2003), who assembled a collection of over 300 manuscripts in the 1960s and 1970s, the Comites Latentes (or "hidden friends"), his MS 188: brown and yellow sticker on the back pastedown "SSA - Nasce a guisa di rampollo a pie' del vero il dubbio - 188". - (4) Sold as The property of the Comites Latentes Collection, Geneva at Sotheby's, 12 December 1998, lot 88. - I: Ferguson II, 109. - II: Wüstenfeld, Die Übersetzungen arabischer Werke in das Lat. (1877), 65, 67. Thorndike, History of Magic and Experimental Science, III, 1934, 61; D. W. Singer, Cat. of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts, 1928-1931, 226. Ch. B. Schmitt / Dilwyn Knox, Pseudo-Aristoteles Latinus. A guide to latin works falsely attributed to Aristotle before 1500 (1985), 40. - III: J. Corbett, Cat. des manuscrits alchimiques Latins (1939), I, 86. - IV: Schmitt/Knox, 17. J. Corbett, 20. - VII: M. Steinschneider, Europäische Übersetzungen (1906), 29f. Singer, 4. Corbett, 182. - VIII & IX: Singer, 84. Corbett, 22 n.

Folio. Single leaf. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, decorated with numerous initials in red and blue, some with penwork flourishing, two incorporating dragons etc., with imaginatively historiated extensions. An imaginatively illuminated 14th century manuscript leaf Al-Rhazi's "Nonus Almansoris" (the famous Book IX of the "Book of Medicine dedicated to Mansur", often circulated as a separate work) in the influential Latin translation of Gerard of Cremona. On the extensions reaching around three sides of the text are perched animals, humans, and hybrid creatures, including a woman playing a dulcimer, a man shooting an arrow at a bird, and a dog barking at a violin-playing monkey. - Al-Rhazi, a native of Tehran, was a student of philosophy, logic, metaphysics, poetry, and music. He is said to have begun his medical studies at the age of 30 and soon became one of the most famous physicians of his day, as well as director of the hospital of Baghdad. Numerous books on medicine, chemistry, philosophy, and alchemy are attributed to his pen. Of the ten books of the encyclopedic "Liber Almansoris", Book IX concerns pathology, and it became a standard work on therapeutic medicine; it was translated, with commentaries, several times, and remained popular long after the medieval period, studied by such Renaissance physicians as Vesalius. - The present leaf, the first of the manuscript from which it was removed, was doubtless the most lavishly illuminated. The somewhat rounded, almost Italianate script and the rather pale brown ink suggest that it may have been written in southern France, perhaps at Montpellier, which in the 14th century was the leading centre in Europe for the study of medicine. The high quality of the illumination, however, suggests that it may have been decorated in Paris. - A lavishly illuminated leaf that embodies ninth-century Arabic learning translated into Latin in the twelfth-century Renaissance, and produced for a wealthy bibliophile in 14th century France. - One small hole in the inner upper corner and a light stain in the outer upper corner, neither affecting the text or decoration. Slight darkening of the outer edges, slight wear to the running title, minor flaking of pigments and gold, but overall in very fine condition. - The manuscript was demonstrably still in use in the 15th century, when its owner numbered the lists of chapters, using medieval Western Arabic numerals. In the 1780s, the leaf was in the collection of an unidentified German owner: the lower margin preserves his handwritten inscription to a friend, requesting retouching to the colours and initials. Subsequently offered by Hagop and Garbis Kalebdjian (Kalebdjian Frères) of Paris as their no. 537 and sold in 1924 to the American banker and art collector Robert Lehman (1891-1969) (his no. A.3, subsequently renumbered MS 6). By descent to his son Robin Lehman (b. 1936) and on deposit to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, until acquired in 2004 by the German manuscript dealer Jörn Günther. Subsequently in a UK private collection. - Seymour de Ricci & W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, II (New York, The Bibliographical Society of America, 1937; repr. 1961), p. 1704. GAL S I, p. 419.

4to. 2 parts in 1 volume. (24), 454, 134 pp., (1 blank leaf), (72) pp. Woodcut initials; printer's woodcut device in two sizes to title and last page. Contemporary limp vellum (spine and edges renewed). Author's name inked on lower edge of text block. First edition of this detailed commentary on the famous ninth book of the "Kitab al-tibb al-Mansuri", a treatise dedicated by al-Razi (also known as Rhazes; 850-923 or 932) to Almansor, the Prince of Chorosan. "The manual, known as 'Nonus Almansoris', was popular among medieval physicians" (cf. GAL S I, p. 419). The work discusses special pathology but excludes pyrology and was one of the most popular textbooks at medical schools and faculties well into the Middle Ages (cf. Hirsch/H. I, 171). Rhazes is considered the greatest medieval physician next to Avicenna; he also conducted alchemical experiments. According to his biographer al-Gildaki, he was blinded for refusing to share his secrets of chemistry. - The Italian physician Leonardo Giacchini (1501-47), who composed this commentary, practised at Lucca until 1543 and later taught at the University of Pisa. His other works are collected in part two of the volume, with its own title-page, dated 1563. - Vellum rippled, spine replaced, edges rebacked. Some light dampstaining, inkstains, and general soiling to interior; edges of some marginal notes have been trimmed. - From the library of the Italian physician Giambattista Giovanetto Morello from Tavagnasco (Piedmont), whose doctoral dissertation was published at Turin in 1779 (a single copy known, in the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria Torino); his autograph ownership inscription on the front free endpaper, "Joanettus medicus a Tavagnasco", is dated 10 February 1780. Numerous marginal notes throughout in two hands, one belonging to the 17th century, the other apparently that of Giovanetto. - VD 16, G 1940. BM-STC German 359. Adams G 581 (part 2 only). Wellcome 2823. Durling 2094.

8vo. (8), 247, (1) ff. With woodcut printer's device on title-page, repeated on recto of final leaf. Contemporary limp vellum with traces of ties and remannts of a handwritten spine title. The twelve books on medicine by Alexander of Tralles, the first parasitologist in medical history (and the younger brother of Anthemius, architect of the Hagia Sophia), issued together with al-Razi's classic treatise on smallpox and measles ("Kitab fi al-Jadari wa al-Hasaba"): the first book ever published on smallpox, also known as "Peri loimikes" or "De pestilentia". - Indeed, Al-Razi was the first physician in the history of medicine to distinguish between smallpox and measles, and consider them as two different diseases. The influence of his diagnostic concepts on Muslim medicine was very clear, especially on Ibn Sina. This work gained great popularity in Europe and was also translated into French, English and German; Brockelmann states it saw some 40 Latin editions between 1498 and 1866. - Al-Razi (also known as Rhazes; 850-923 or 932) is considered the greatest medieval physician next to Avicenna; he also conducted alchemical experiments. According to his biographer al-Gildaki, he was blinded for refusing to share his secrets of chemistry. - Binding professionally repaired along the edges. Occasional browning and staining, some waterstaining near the end. 18th century ink ownership "A. Gonnella" to title-page. Rare; a single copy in auction records (Swann, 1 March 1979, Sale 1132: Distinguished Collection of Historic Medicine, lot 9). - Edit 16, CNCE 1120. Wellcome I, 212. Durling 152. Cf. GAL S I, 419, no. 3. M. H. Fikri, Treasures from the Arab Scientific Legacy in Europe, No. 44 (Venice 1555 ed.). Not in Adams or BM-STC Italian.

Folio (225 x 331 mm). (12), 747, (1) pp. With 2 (repeated) woodcut printer's devices to title page and final page as well as a half-page woodcut of surgical instruments at the end of the preliminaries. Modern blindstamped brown calf on four raised double bands. Rare edition of this commentary on the ninth book of the treatise dedicated by ar-Razi (also known as Rhazes; 850-923 or 932) to Almansor, the Prince of Chorosan (with the text). "The manual, known as 'Nonus Almansoris', was popular among medieval physicians" (cf. GAL S I, p. 419). The work discusses special pathology but excluding pyrology and was one of the most popular textbooks at medical schools and faculties well into the Middle Ages (cf. Hirsch/H. I, 171). Rhazes is considered the greatest medieval physician next to Avicenna; he also conducted alchemical experiments. According to his biographer al-Gildaki, he was blinded for refusing to share his secrets of chemistry. - A woodcut on the final page of the preliminaries depicts ten different surgical instruments, including a tongue depressor, a forceps, and various instruments for cauterization. Several minor waterstains throughout, but generally a fine copy. Provenance: Handwritten ownership of the Jesuit College of Louvain, dated 1637, on the title-page. - VD 16, A 3222. Durling 249. Cf. Garrison/M. 3666.84; Poletti, p. 11; Wellcome I, 383; M. H. Fikri, Treasures from The Arab Scientific Legacy in Europe (Qatar 2009) no. 46, with double-page spread illustration on p. 82f. (1542 Venice edition).