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The first English translation of the only complete philosophical textbook surviving from the ancient world. The Didaskalikos, written by the Middle Platonist philosopher Alcinous in the 2nd century AD, is one of the few fully extant Platonist works prior to Plotinus and Neo-Platonism.
Originally published in 1937, this book examines the subject of the Didaskalikos and its often overlooked author Albinus.
All 80 of the great 18th-century descriptive anatomist's original copperplate engravings, containing over 230 individual illustrations, of the muscles and bones of the human body are rendered individually and in related groups from varying perspectives.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes...