Collectif - Tacuinum Sanitatis / Commentaire - 1987

Charming numbered edition 1444 and composed of 106 color folios concerning the art of health through diet and medicinal plants, and the costumes and trades related to these subjects in northern Italy, at the end of the Middle Ages -

The commentary first places the work in its historical context by explaining the foundations of Hippocratic-Galenic medicine, based on the theory of the four humors, according to which health results from the balance between blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile, a balance constantly influenced by diet, climate, seasons, physical activity, sleep, emotions and daily habits -

The authors methodically analyze each of the chapters of the Tacuinum, which present in note form the foods, plants, fruits, cereals, meats, fishes, drinks, spices, medicinal plants as well as the various human activities, indicating their qualities, therapeutic properties, their beneficial or harmful effects -

A large part of the commentary is devoted to the famous illuminations that accompany the Tacuinum Sanitatis manuscripts, true masterpieces of medieval art, realistically depicting agricultural work, gardens, orchards, harvests, markets, kitchens, crafts, hunting scenes, medical practices and daily life in the countryside as well as in the cities -

Collectif - Tacuinum Sanitatis / Commentaire - 1987 - Club du Livre -
107- 139 pages,

Very good condition of the bindings, volumes in their full tawny morocco original, blind decoration on the covers, housed in a full cloth slipcase bordered with the same morocco, tiny signs of use, spine with 5 raised ribs and a title piece -

Very good interior condition, complete set of the facsimile and the commentary volume, French preface, French and Dutch transcriptions, one of 1,800 numbered copies of this facsimile of the Tacuinum Sanitatis, major manuscript comprising 106 color folios concerning the art of health through diet and medicinal plants, and the costumes and trades related to these subjects in northern Italy at the end of the Middle Ages, this one numbered 1444, modern endpapers in good condition, a beautiful set -

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