4to. 107 pgs. Very Fine condition black leather hardcover with gilt decoration and embossment to covers and spine with die-stamped 22k gold. All edges of textblock gilt. Gold marker ribbon bound into headband, marbled endpapers. Pristine condition of the privately printed English language edition translated from the German by Rosemarie Werba. [from the Austrian Edition, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1972). Included is a 23pg booklet of notes from the editors. Table of Contents: Introduction, Metaphysical Healing Theories, The Postulate of the Four Humours, The Tacuinum sanitatis, Magical and Empirical Drugs, Medicina antiqua, The Weiner Dioskurides, The Pursuance of Harmony, Bibliographical References, Facsimile Plates:Tacuinum sanitatis (Plates 1-15), Medicina Antiqua (Plates 16-24), Wiener Dioskurides (Plates 25-30). NB: the overall dimensions of this book will not accomodate flat rate envelope. ISBN 3201010774 Book# 2587.
Title: Medicina Medica. Metaphysical Healing Methods in Late-antique and Medieval Manuscripts With Thirty Facsimile Plates. The Classics of Medicine Library.. With Booklet of Notes from the Editors included.
Edition: First Edition Thus
ISBN Number: 3201010774
ISBN-13: 9783201010771
Illustrator: Richard J. Wolfe, Daniel B. Bianchi
Location Published: Birmingham, Alabama, The Classics of Medicine Library, Gryphon Editions: 1986
Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Very Fine
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Seller ID: 2587
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