(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, NOVEMBER 12 - Greece's leading auction
house Petros Vergos has announced that it will put a first
collected edition of Hippocrates' works on auction on the 20th
of November, as daily To Vima online reports. The collected
edition was first published in 1529 by the Aldus press and is
considered to be amongst the most beautiful editions released by
the Venetian press house.
This particular copy of Hippocrates' works has been bound in snake skin by the early 20th century French book binder Emil Karajan, who wanted to decorate the book with the serpent of Asclepius, the symbol of medical science.
Amongst other items in the auction are various rare books, documents, pictures and etchings, including items belonging to Nikolaos Gyzis from 1876-1900 and a large portrait of Hungarian dancer Nikolska at the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis.
(ANSAmed).
This particular copy of Hippocrates' works has been bound in snake skin by the early 20th century French book binder Emil Karajan, who wanted to decorate the book with the serpent of Asclepius, the symbol of medical science.
Amongst other items in the auction are various rare books, documents, pictures and etchings, including items belonging to Nikolaos Gyzis from 1876-1900 and a large portrait of Hungarian dancer Nikolska at the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis.
(ANSAmed).
