SERVETUS, Michael (1511-1553). Syruporum universa ratio. Paris: Simon de Colines, 1537.

First edition of a treatise on the Galenic theory of digestion and the curative use of syrup. Durling 4193; Fulton & Stanton 15; not in Schreiber (Colines).

Octavo (162 x 105mm). With errata leaf (light foxing, wanting final blank, gathering h mis-folded with leaves out of order, short repaired tear to lower margin of i5 and i6). Modern half vellum over boards covered with a 16th-century printed missal leaf.

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