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Paulus Sismus, Forgotten Physician

Paulus Sismus, Forgotten Physician Varia Bibliographica PAULUS SISMUS, FORGOTTEN PHYSICIAN A book on diet published in 1604? How interesting. And so it is, but things are not quite what they seem and to satisfy our appetite we shall first have to get through some rather mixed hors d'oeuvres. The date on the title-page of Pauli Sismi... Tractatus de diaetâ is printed in round Roman numerals as CI D.1 DD.IV, with the C after the D the wrong way round. The printer and his publisher seeing what looked to them like two Cs in succession were perfectly satisfied. But their ignorance of Roman numerals was equalled only by their ignorance of Latin grammar, for the imprint reads: Hagae-Comitis, apud Aegidius [sic !] a Limburg. The author probably never saw the title-page in proof or did not bother with that part of it which was of so little concern to him. But one can imagine his annoyance when the finished book reached him and his pleasure turned to shame over such carelessness. The book seems to be scarce. No copies are found in the Bibliotheca Medica Neerlandica' or the catalogue of the Bibliotheque Nationale, though both contain other works by the same author. Neither http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Quaerendo Brill

Paulus Sismus, Forgotten Physician

Quaerendo , Volume 11 (4): 325 – Jan 1, 1981

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1981 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0014-9527
eISSN
1570-0690
DOI
10.1163/157006981X00283
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Abstract

Varia Bibliographica PAULUS SISMUS, FORGOTTEN PHYSICIAN A book on diet published in 1604? How interesting. And so it is, but things are not quite what they seem and to satisfy our appetite we shall first have to get through some rather mixed hors d'oeuvres. The date on the title-page of Pauli Sismi... Tractatus de diaetâ is printed in round Roman numerals as CI D.1 DD.IV, with the C after the D the wrong way round. The printer and his publisher seeing what looked to them like two Cs in succession were perfectly satisfied. But their ignorance of Roman numerals was equalled only by their ignorance of Latin grammar, for the imprint reads: Hagae-Comitis, apud Aegidius [sic !] a Limburg. The author probably never saw the title-page in proof or did not bother with that part of it which was of so little concern to him. But one can imagine his annoyance when the finished book reached him and his pleasure turned to shame over such carelessness. The book seems to be scarce. No copies are found in the Bibliotheca Medica Neerlandica' or the catalogue of the Bibliotheque Nationale, though both contain other works by the same author. Neither

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Published: Jan 1, 1981

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