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AVICENNA. Flores [colophon:] Lyons, Claude Davot for Barthelemi Trot, 1508. Small 8vo, 1l (bin.) + 1(t) + 1 + 2 (contents) + 332 + 1 + 1l (bin.), with woodcut initials to each book, rubricated in red; modern brown morocco. First edition of this epitome of the Canon, edited by Michael de Capella, printed for Barthelemi Trot in Lyons (a second appeared in 1514, printed by Gillbert de Villiers, a third by the same printer with additions in 1528). This edition is rare: not in Baudrier. Little is known of Capella. His first book was an edition of Gilbertus Anglicanus, 1510. He also published an epitome of Haly Abbas in 1523. Adams A2319; Durling 411; IA 110.583; not in the British Library, not in Wellcome., Initials., Edited by Michael de Capella., Main Heritage Shelves General, R128.3.A97 F56 1508, Book, Item-ID: i10092572, BIB-ID: 1010893 |
