Franco Maria Ricci - Theatrum Sanitatis - 1991

THEATRUM SANITATIS – LIBER MAGISTRI
Ububchasym de Baldach – Codice Casanatense 4182 from the Casanatense Library in Rome

Franco Maria Ricci, Milan, 1991-1992 – Complete work in 6 volumes

Prestigious and refined six-volume edition published by Franco Maria Ricci, devoted to the famous Theatrum Sanitatis, the medieval codex of medicine and natural sciences preserved at the Casanatense Library in Rome.

The work reproduces in full the iconographic patrimony of Codice Casanatense 4182, an extraordinary fourteenth-fifteenth century manuscript linked to the tradition of the Theatrum Sanitatis, in which the knowledge of medieval medicine is illustrated through an exceptional apparatus of miniatures.

The FMR edition of 1991-1992 constitutes one of the most elegant publications dedicated to the codex: the six volumes collectively contain 208 color plates, reproduced through precious applied plates, which document the miniatures related to foods, their properties, life practices, and the medical-naturalistic knowledge of the era.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EDITION
Publisher: Franco Maria Ricci
Location: Milan
Year: 1991-1992
Complete work: 6 volumes
Format: quarto (in-4°)
Binding: hardcover in black silk with titles and gold decorations
Illustrations: 208 color plates in total
Reproductions: miniatures of Codice Casanatense 4182
Text: Italian captions by Adalberto Pazzini
Latin transcription of the captions: by Sergio Samek Ludovici
Presentation: in elegant editorial specifications

The six volumes are, overall, in excellent condition of preservation, with well-preserved editorial bindings and intact illustrative apparatus.

However, there is one imperfection in one of the editorial cases: the lower part of the case shows damage visible, as documented in the photographs of the listing.