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TAGAULT, JEAN. De chirurgica institutione libri quinque... his accessit sextus liber de materia chirurgica, authore Jacobo Hollerio. Woodcut text

TAGAULT, JEAN. De chirurgica institutione libri quinque... his accessit sextus liber de materia chirurgica, authore Jacobo Hollerio. Woodcut text illustrations of surgical instruments and orthopedic devices, and 3 full-page skeletons indirectly copied from Vesalius. [32], 417, [21] leaves. 8vo, contemporary vellum, spine darkened, recased, endpapers renewed; some light dampstaining in outer corners; board slipcase. Bookplate of Alfred Jerome Brown, M.D. (sale at Swann, 31 March 1949, lot 262). Venice: Officina Erasmiana apud Vincentium Vaugris, 1544

  • Notes: Popular surgical manual first published in 1543, based on the work of Guy de Chauliac. The final part, by Jacques Houillier, concerns surgical instruments. Cushing II.28; Durling 4297.

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