Sale 2488 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 16, 2018

115 115 c   (MANUSCRIPT.) [Diploma conferring doctorate of canon and civil law on Achille Isabelli of Bergamo.] manuscript in latin on vellum, written in italic hand in black ink with headings in gold, with signature of Galeazzo Mussato, Archpriest of the Cathedral of Padua,at end. with painted decorative border on each page , and the recipient ’ s portrait and coat - of - arms on verso of first leaf. [4] leaves, including final blank. 246x178 mm, contemporary brown leather with gilt center- and corner fan design on covers, spine scuffed, chipped at top, cover corners worn through; minor marginal soiling, small hole in blank outer margin of third leaf. Stamps of Teodoro A. Dehesa of Xalapa dated 26 January 1918. (Padua, 11 February 1664) [500/750] 116 c   (MANUSCRIPT.) Disputat[ion]es in octo libros Phys[ic]o[rum] Aris[tote]lis quas dictabat . . . Jo. Mannerius Societatis Jesu . . . Fran[ciscu]s Pavesius scribebat. illustrated manuscript in latin on paper, written in cursive hand in brownish-black ink, recto and verso, with hand - drawn coat - of - arms on first leaf and over fifty astronomical diagrams in text . [1], 303, [19] leaves, including 4 blanks. 193x130 mm, contemporary limp vellum, spine darkened, ties lacking; marginal dampstaining through second half of volume, drawing on verso of leaf 273 partly oxidized with resulting hole causing text loss on recto, few small wormholes through index leaves at end. Italy? 1 November 1647 [800/1,200] Apparently unpublished commentary on the Physica of Aristotle. MANUSCRIPTS LOTS 115 - 124 SEE ALSO LOTS 256-257