[HIPPOCRATE] Aphorismorum Hippocratis explanatio, 1657

First edition of this commentaries by Mathieu Naldi.
The Aphorisms of Hippocrates were considered until the 19th century as a "bible" of medicine
Matthew Naldi (or matteo / or Naldius), a seventeenth-century physician, born in Siena, became famous for his knowledge of oriental languages, which was used here to serve the Greek aphorisms of Hippocrates.

He taught for some time in Pisa with great brilliance, and became physician to Pope Alexander VII. This high dignity did not prevent him from giving courses in Rome, where he contributed greatly to the flourishing of the University. He died in 1682, at a very advanced age.

Copy in a tinted parchment binding, unusual for the time, probably of Italian manufacture.