Galeno - Recettario di Galeno - 1540
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Galeno’s *Recettario di Galeno* is a 1540 Italian translated edition on medicine, published by Io. Antonio da Borgo in Milan and bound in parchment.
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Full stiff vellum binding, with title, author, and date in gilt on a brown leather label affixed to the spine.
1 blank leaf, 65, 1 blank leaf,
A beautiful and rare edition of this curious medical recipe book attributed to Galen, translated and adapted into the Italian vernacular for a lay and practical audience. The work brings together therapeutic preparations, empirical remedies, and Galenic prescriptions for the most common human ailments, according to the principles of humoral medicine. It has a simple, functional structure: an alphabetical or thematic list of ailments, with the corresponding pharmaceutical recipes, often based on plant, mineral, and animal ingredients, accompanied by doses, methods of administration, and directions for use.
Vignette on the title page (restored), two illustrations in the text, and a large printer’s device in the colophon. Ex libris pasted onto the front flyleaf; staining, mostly confined to the margins. Overall, a copy in good condition, complete and usable.
Full stiff vellum binding, with title, author, and date in gilt on a brown leather label affixed to the spine.
1 blank leaf, 65, 1 blank leaf,
A beautiful and rare edition of this curious medical recipe book attributed to Galen, translated and adapted into the Italian vernacular for a lay and practical audience. The work brings together therapeutic preparations, empirical remedies, and Galenic prescriptions for the most common human ailments, according to the principles of humoral medicine. It has a simple, functional structure: an alphabetical or thematic list of ailments, with the corresponding pharmaceutical recipes, often based on plant, mineral, and animal ingredients, accompanied by doses, methods of administration, and directions for use.
Vignette on the title page (restored), two illustrations in the text, and a large printer’s device in the colophon. Ex libris pasted onto the front flyleaf; staining, mostly confined to the margins. Overall, a copy in good condition, complete and usable.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Medicine
Book title
Recettario di Galeno
Author/ Illustrator
Galeno
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1540
Height
15 cm
Edition
Translated edition
Width
9 cm
Language
Italian
Original language
No
Publisher
Io. Antonio da Borgo, Milano
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Number of pages
64
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