Pro Conservanda Sanitate, Tuendaque Prospera Valetudine, ad Totius Humani Corporis Morbos et Aegritudines, Salutarium Remediorum, Curationumque Liber Utiliss
by FURNO, Vitalis de
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- near fine
- Condition
- near fine
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About This Item
Mainz: Ioanne Schoeffer, 1531. First. hardcover. near fine. Decorated throughout with woodcut initials. [18], 271 pages. Small folio, rebound in 19th century 3/4 vellum over patterned boards (ex-library with small stamp at foot of title; some early ink underlining and marginalia, minor staining in margins on a some pages, several pages towards rear have mended tears). Moguntiae [Mainz]: Ioanne Schoeffer (a cuius proavo Ioannne Faust), 1531. A very good solid copy of this scarce book.<br/><br/> Furno was a cardinal and physician who flourished around 1312. The book is an encyclopedia of contemporary medical knowledge with 343 separate entries, both for ailments (e.g., "De Melancholia," "De dentibus & eorum passionibus") and for remedies (e.g., "De lacte Cameli," "De cornu bovis vel tauri"). Bibliografia Hipocratica, 1540; Wellcome 2479. OCLC lists 25 copies.<br/><br/>
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- Seller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 260486
- Title
- Pro Conservanda Sanitate, Tuendaque Prospera Valetudine, ad Totius Humani Corporis Morbos et Aegritudines, Salutarium Remediorum, Curationumque Liber Utiliss
- Author
- FURNO, Vitalis de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Ioanne Schoeffer
- Place of Publication
- Mainz
- Date Published
- 1531
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Fine
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...