Giovanni de Vigo
£1,875
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
The whole worke of that famous chirurgion Maister Iohn Vigo: newly corrected, by men skilfull in that arte. Wherevnto are annexed certain works, complied and published by Thomas Gale. London: Thomas East, 1586. 4to, 3 volumes in one [as issued], woodcut borders on titles, numerous woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device at end, tables, manuscript annotations in various 16th and 17th century hands, modern cloth gilt, dampstained, library stamps
Footnote
Note: ESTC S107484, Wellcome I p.6623.
Giovanni da Vigo's surgical compliation was originally published in 1514 and remained a standard text for more than 100 years after its first publication, with more than forty editions in six languages. It was the first major surgical work to discuss syphilis and one of the only works before Pare to treat gunshot wounds - "the two greatest problems faced by surgeons during the Renaissance." (Norman II 2154)