Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works by Various artists
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Two important pharmacological treatises, the first a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmaco 1505

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    Luminare maius. Cinthius ut totum radiis illuminat orbem. Illuminat latebras sic medicina tuas.
    Lumen apothecariorum cum no[n]nullis expositionibus noviter impressum.
    (Colophon:) Venice, Albertino da Lissona (Vercellensis), [ca. 1502/03 or ca. 1505]. 2 works in 1 edition. Folio (28.5 x 20 cm). With 4 woodcut decorated initials. 19th-century limp sheepskin parchment.

    Rare early post-incunable edition of two important treatises on pharmacology and medical botany, apparently the first edition to combine the two and the first edited by Hieronymus Surianus (fl. 1458?, d. 1522?). The first work, Luminare maius by Giovanni Giacomo Manlio di Bosco (fl. 1490-post 1500), is a commentary on ancient Arabic and Greek pharmacological works, especially the Arabic treatises of Yuhanna Ibn Masawayh (ca. 777-857), a Nestorian Christian physician from Assyria who was the personal physician to four caliphs. It gives instructions for preparing numerous medicines, indicating the quantities of the ingredients and describing each ingredient. The second work, Lumen apothecariorum by Quirico de Augustis de Tortona of Milan (fl. 1486-1497), complements it with descriptions of hundreds of medicinal preparations, including many oils and syrups. Little is known about either Manlio or Augustis. Surianus edited their treatises and prepared the first two editions of the two together for Lissona/Vercellensis in Venice.
    With an early manuscript note and shelf-mark on the title-page and a few early manuscript paragraph marks in the margins. Lacking leaf B4, but otherwise in good condition, with small worm holes in the first 5 leaves, some mostly marginal water stains, minor spotting and an occasional sheet slightly browned. Rare edition of two important pharmacological treatises.

    Goff M210; GW M20651; Klebs 662.4 (mis-dated "[1499]"); WorldCat 30979532 (no location); cf. E. Sordano, Il Luminare maius di Manlio del Bosco, thesis, University of Torino (2010), p. 40.
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    More than one artist has worked on this object.

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