Item #130426 Christianismi Restitutio and other Writings, as translated by Charles Donald O'Malley, with Commentary by John F. Fulton. Classics of Medicine Library, Michael SERVETUS.

Christianismi Restitutio and other Writings, as translated by Charles Donald O'Malley, with Commentary by John F. Fulton

Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, Ltd., 1989/ 1953 (first edition in English).

Octavo, 208, 98, [1] (colophon) pages with several illustrations.

Gilt-decorated full leather, all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; a fine copy with the personalised bookplate supplied by the publisher mounted on the front flyleaf.

The book contains translations of six non-theological works by Servetus, first published between 1535 and 1553. Apart from the title work (a 'Description of the Lesser Circulation'), there are two essays on Ptolemy's 'Geography'.

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