Anonyme - Medicina Antiqua - 1978

Remarkable editorial work aimed at restoring, in a bibliophilic and pedagogical form, the essence of Greco-Roman medicine through its founding texts -

This magnificent volume presents a selection of ancient medical treatises — excerpts from Hippocrates, Galen, Celsus, Dioscorides, Soranus, Rufus of Ephebes (Rufus d’Éphèse), among others — translated and adapted with rigor, and highlighted by a layout inspired by ancient manuscripts, enriched with illuminations, initials, and period medical illustrations -

Beautiful edition numbered in its beautiful blind-tooled tawny morocco binding, with a case [J. Ardouin] for the facsimile, this work offering a detailed study of the medical knowledge of Antiquity, including the theory of the humours, anatomy, pathology, and traditional remedies used to treat various ailments, while reflecting how physicians of the time combined empirical observation and theoretical reasoning -

The texts also address dietary prescriptions, methods of preparing medicines, and hygienic recommendations, underscoring the importance given to prevention and bodily balance -

Superb -

Anonymous - Medicina Antiqua - 1978 - Club du Livre -

Very good condition of the binding, the work in its full blind-tooled tawny morocco [J. Ardouin] for the facsimile, light signs of wear, speckled edges, spine with cords nicely decorated in blind tooling, gilded titling -

Good interior condition, small stains, the work enriched with beautiful color engravings in and out of text as well as illuminations and period medical illustrations, a handsome numbered copy, complete facsimile of the Vindobonensis Codex 93, preserved at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, dated the 12th century, magnificent pharmacopoeia richly illustrated and illuminated, without the Latin-to-French translation intended to accompany the facsimile -

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