[JUAN MARTINE DE LEIVA: AFORISMOS DE HIPOCRATES Y CASTELLANO. VALENCIA 1830 19th century Spanish provincial edition of the most ancient text on medicine. In 12o, contemporary leather over boards with very few wear, text clean and bright, complete 255p., overall in very good condition. This 1830 Valencia edition of the Aforismos represent the deep roots of the Greek texts in Spanish society of the 19th century after almost a century of massive accommodation with Greek culture.Unlike many earlier popular editions, this was a scholarly effort, and in a provincial city.De Leiva was a physician who aimed to provide in Spanish a text that was both medical accurate and pure for Spanish students and practitioners. It is characteristic that a physician in a Spanish city in the 1830s still relied on the Aphorisms. A rare edition from the Spanish Enlightenment tail end.