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CAMERARIUS (Joachim).

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Commentarii utriusque Linguae [graecae et latinae]. Basel, Johannes Herwagen, 1551. In-folio, light fawn basane, Jansenist, jaspered edges (Modern binding). Durling, no. 805. First edition of this important medical dictionary by Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574), a German humanist and scholar close to Melanchthon. Elegant two-column print in Greek and Latin; Herwagen's typeface on the back of the last page. Wormholes in the margins at the end of the volume, small wetness in the margins of a few leaves. Number 100 written in pink at the top of the title. Spine redone, guards renewed.

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