Vergel de sanidad: Banquete de Cavalleros

Alcala de Henares: Joan de Brocar, 1542. Second Edition. Disbound. Fair Condition. Disbound, part 1 only (of 3), comprising only the Banquete de Cavalleros presumably disbound from Remedio de cuerpos humanos and Libro de pestilencia with which it was issued. Lacking title and first invocatory leaf as well as leaves 87 and 88. Heavy wear, marginal tearing, chipping, and other wear to first leaves, sometimes touching the text, in generally good condition internally otherwise. 6 leaves, 100 (i.e. 99, mispagination from lxiiii to lxvi) of 102 leaves, and a final leaf with the colophon that may have been taken from later in the same work. Vicaire 531

First published alone in 1530 and here revised and issued with further works on health and the plague, the Banquete de Cavalleros was meant as a health reference for the nobility. Lobera was the personal physician to Charles V and wrote the work on the way to Augsburg while in his service. It is a remarkable work of late medieval dietary theory, written in Spanish in black letter and surrounded (often overwhelmed) by a more scholarly Latin gloss in italic type. The content is noteworthy for its adherence to medieval ideas of diet, relying on Galen as filtered through Arab scholars (esp Avicenna) rather than the unadulterated Galen and Hippocrates that was influencing current humanist thought in Europe. It gives recommendations on balancing humors in fish, meat, spices, but also tips on coitus, disarming unruly tumescence in priests, sleep, and beer and wine consumption. Size: 4to. One volume of the 3-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Medicine & Health. Inventory No: CAT000713.