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Hardcover, thick small volume bound in genuine gray top-grain cowhide, with all edges gilt and covers brass-die stamped in 22kt gold. 649 pages. Index of Proper Names, General Index. Translated from the original Latin by W.G. Spencer. Additional refinements include bound in silk ribbon marker, raised spine hubs and specially commissioned marbled end-papers by Richard J. Wolfe. This special limited edition was prepared from the English translation of 1935 courtesy of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. First edition thus of a limited edition, this being number 921, with original subscriber’s personalized book-plate, bearing limitation number, affixed to blank verso of second leaf. Celsus was a Roman encyclopedist and is best known for his work – “De Medicina”, believed to be the only extant section a of a much larger encyclopedia. One of the best sources concerning medical knowledge in the Roman world, it remains a primary source on diet, pharmacy, surgery and related fields A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, pristine and as new.