Bidspirit auction | Galen - De locorum affectorum

Galen - De locorum affectorum - Galen (Galen), C. De locorum affectorum notitia libri sex. Lyon, Rouillium, 1562. 28 leaves, 389 pages. With woodcut printer's mark on the title page. 12°. Contemporary boards with handwritten spine label (somewhat stained and bumped). 'De locis affectis' ('On Diseased Parts of the Body') is one of the late works of the Greek physician Claudius Galen, who describes, among other things, the observation of the pulse for the diagnosis of diseases. - Edited and translated by Wilhelm Kopp (c. 1461-1532; personal physician to the French kings Louis XII and Francis I). - Slightly damp edges throughout.