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Ornate rectangular border composed of repeating floral and foliate motifs.
Circular library stamp in the bottom right corner reading "UNIVERSITÄTS-BIBLIOTHEK BASEL".
OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND EXCELLENT MAN, DR. THEODOR ZWINGER OF BASEL, philosopher and distinguished physician, and public professor of the medical arts at the renowned Academy of Basel,
On the 10th of February Latin: "Ad IIII. Idus Februarij", i.e., four days before the Ides of February., at the usual hour and place, will endeavor to defend to the best of his ability
M. PAULUS SESSERUS OF ALDENBURG IN MEISSEN.
It is shameful to be defeated, yet it is honorable to have contended.
BASLE, PRINTED BY LEONHARD OSTENIUS, IN THE YEAR 1581.