ARETEUS OF CAPPADOCIA. Περί αιτιών και σημείων οξέων και χρονίων παθών... De causis et signis acutorum et diuturnorum morborum libri quatuor... Leiden, Janssoons vander Aa, 1735. In-folio, marbled calf, spine decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). Important Greco-Latin edition published by Hermann Boerhaave, luxuriously printed in folio format on two columns, in Greek and in Latin translation, with commentary and notes by Pierre Petit, John Wigan, Daniel Wilhelm Triller and Michael Maittaire. The treatise on the symptoms, causes and cure of acute and chronic diseases by Aretaeus of Cappadocia (Aretæus in Latin) is the only surviving work by this first-century Anatolian physician. A very fine copy bound for the Strasbourg Hellenist Richard Brunck (1729-1803), with his name gilt on the tail. The name of the bookseller and bibliographer Antoine-Augustin Renouard (1765-1853) is inscribed in pen on the engraved pedestal adorning the title. Choulant, 85 - Hoffmann, I, 287 - Lindeboom, 557.