233 pp., xvii. Following the Preface and Introduction, Contents divided into 3 Lectures: I MEDICINE (1) Hippocrates of Cos; (2) Celsus; (3) Soranos of Ephesos; (4) Galen of Pergamon; (5) The Early Byzantine Physicians; (6) Avicenna; (7) Medical Collections; (8) A Few Words of Conclusion; II. NATURAL HISTORY (1) The Four Masters; (2) Aristotle of Stageiros; (3) Theophrastos of Eresos; (4) Dioscorides of Anazarbos; (5) Pliny the Elder; (6) The Development of Naturalism in Arts and Science; (7) Printed Images; (8) The New Herbals; (9) The Encyclopedists; (10) The Anatomists; (11) Conclusions; III. MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY (1) Plato and Aristotle; (2) Euclid of Alexandria; (3) Archimedes of Syracuse; (4) Apollonios of Perga; (5) Ptolemy of Alexandria; (6) The Middle Books; (7) Arithmetic; (8) Algebra; (9) Trigonometry; (10) Astronomy; (11) Mathematical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries; EPILOGUE: "The Survival of Ancient and Medieval Men of Science in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries", pp. 176-181; Notes, pp. 182-221; General Bibliography and Key to Abbreviations, pp. 222-223; Index, pp. 224-233. NO jacket. Paper-covered boards with the same, but inverted, black and light blue geometrical pattern design elements on covers, with black spine for white (age-toned) lettering; light blue endpapers. Light rubbing wear across spine ends and intermittently about perimeters (largely due to paper-covered boards design itself, making it especially susceptible to this wear peccadillo); top corners rubbed, with small amount of gray boards exposed (chiefly, still square). Binding strong (NO cracks); essentially square corners; NO remainder marks. Clean text. Presentation copy inscribed on second flyleaf: "To Germaine/ with the author's best/ wishes, G.S. /5510.03" . The way to read a History of Science Classic by the prolific, distinguished Author.

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Title: The Appreciation of Ancient and Medeval Science During the Renaissance (1450-1600) (The A. S. W. Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography) * * SIGNED * *
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA
Publication Date: 1955
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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