Defensio medicorum principis Auicennae, ad Germaniae medicos

Defensio medicorum principis Auicennae, ad Germaniae medicos Defensio medicorvm principis Auicennae, ad Germaniae medicos Fries, Lorenz approximately 1490-1531 Knoblochs Druckerei printer. text text fr Argentorati Apud Ioannem Knoblouchum iuniorem M.D.XXX 1530 monographic lat 10 unnumbered leaves ; 4°. Laurentio Frisio authore. Title within ornamental woodcut border. Place of publication and printer's name from colophon on leaf b5v. Colophon reads: Argentorati apud Ioannem Knoblouchum iuniorem. xxiiij. Augusti Anno Christi M.D.XXX. Signatures: a⁴ b⁶ (b6 blank). First edition of this polemic in defence of Avicenna, whose achievement the author ranks higher than anything in Western medicine. Probably the final work of the Alsace-born (and possibly Vienna-trained) physician, astrologer and geographer Fries (also known as Frisius or Phryes; d. 1530/32): his literary legacy, in which he "avows himself as an unconditional disciple of Arabism" (cf. NDB). - Slight waterstaining to gutter; one double-leaf loosened; final blank shows tear to edge. Exceedingly rare; no copy in auction records since 1950. Main Heritage Compact General R125.3.A8 F75 1530 Book Item-ID: i16598659 BIB-ID: 1494584 Avicenna 980-1037 Medicine, Arab Medicine Early works to 1800 France Strasbourg R125.3.A8 F75 1530 62314062 aacr EQO 941224 20130915012947.0 ocm62314062 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24)