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The History of Science and Medicine collection brings together one of the world’s most important and unique collections of books and manuscripts showcasing the contribution of early Arab and Persian scientists, doctors and thinkers; their translation, reception and influence in Europe and their lasting influence on the development of Western scientific and medical knowledge.
History of Science and Medicine
Rhazes (860-932), a great clinician, ranks with Hippocrates, Aretaeus, and Sydenham as one of the original portrayers of disease. His description of smallpox and measles is the first authentic account in literature, a classic text, preserved in the original Arabic, with parallel Latin translation...
Europe and the Ottoman World
This letter announces the appointment of Sir Thomas Roe as ambassador and the recall of Sir John Eyre naming the bearer of the letter, John Chapman, as the 'Caya' (representative) of James I, King of England, until Roe's arrival, also stressing the importance of the appointment for the trade existing between England and the Ottoman Empire.
History of Science and Medicine
Kitab al-Musta‘ini, or Kitab al-adwiyah al-mufradah (Book of Simples), is a treatise on medical remedies and drugs which draws on the learning of earlier Arab scholars such as Ibn Butlan,Al-Kindi and Al-Biruni, as well as classical Greek authors such as Galen, Dioscorides, Aristotle and Hippocrates.
Europe and the Ottoman World
First French edition: France's apology of its controversial Franco-Turkish alliance.
History of Science and Medicine
This is a very rare first edition of Farghānī’s best known and most influential work, on Ptolemaic astronomy, dated 3 September 1493. The text is descriptive and non-mathematical, which, along with its clear and well-organised presentation, likely contributed to the text’s popularity.
Europe and the Ottoman World
Original contract and plan for the construction of a railway from Istanbul through the Balkans, and signed by the Sultan Abdülmecit and French Minister of Foreign Affairs Édouard Antoine de Thouvenel.
History of Science and Medicine
Fragments from the Kitāb al-milāl wa al-duwal, manuscript, 10th century. North Africa. The famous astrologer Abū Ma`shar (d. 886) named his book Kitāb al-Milal wal-Duwal, The Book of Religious Communities and Dynasties.
Europe and the Ottoman World
An exhortation to the Pope to enlist the help of various European states for a major aggressive offensive against the Turks. Drawing on the recent examples halting Turkish expansion westward, he rallies the Christian Powers to launch a collateral attack on the Turks.
History of Science and Medicine
Extremely rare first edition of Lignamine’s commentary on Averroes’ Aristotelian philosophy of science. Lignamine was a Professor of Philosophy and medicine at the University of Padua.
Europe and the Ottoman World
A series of eighteen pamphlet newsletters concerning the conflict between the Holy League and the Turks. First and only edition of this complete, and very rare, set of newsletters detailing two years of conflict between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turks.