DIOSCORIDE. Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, de medica materia - Lot 36

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DIOSCORIDE. Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, de medica materia - Lot 36
DIOSCORIDE. Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, de medica materia libri sex, Ioanne Ruellio Suessionensi interprete. His accessit, præter Pharmacorum simplicium catalogum. Lyon, sub Scuto Coloniensi [Jean et François Frellon, Frères], 1546. In-16 of 29, 1 bl., 543, [139] pp. (Sig: A-b8, A-Z8, Aa-Tt8, Vv4). Tan basane, 4-nerved spine, Duseuil-style decoration on boards, half-guards in manuscript parchment. (Contemporary binding). Good edition in a translation by physician and botanist Jean RUEL (1474-1537), of this famous pharmacopoeia, a major source of knowledge on plant, animal and mineral remedies; written during the Roman Empire, it was a standard reference until the early Renaissance. With a simple index at the end. Ex-libris ms. of "Brun". Some spotting, binding damaged, white guard on upper back cover lacking.
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