Author: [RICETTARIO FIORENTINO].
Title: Ricettario utilissimo et molto necessario à tutti gli spetiali, che uogliono preparar le medicine regolatamente...Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1558. 12mo. Later half sheepskin parchment, decorated paper sides.
Description: 164, [10] ll.Rare early edition of the official pharmacopoeia of Florence, "a milestone in the history of pharmaceutical literature" (Cowen & Helfand), which emanated from the guild of physicians and pharmacists of Florence. "It embodies a list of approved drugs and describes the various methods of preparing them for administration or use, together with the proper weights and measures to be employed for accurate compounding" (Hagelin). It was first published in 1498 as Nuovo ricettario and appeared in numerous editions up to 1696. With the bookplate of F. Carbonara on paste-down. Large stain on the first 50 leaves and last few leaves, discolouring the pages but not affecting the legibility of the text, some small marginal wormholes and a waterstain in the gutter throughout, not affecting text. Otherwise a good copy, binding in very good condition as well.l ICCU CNCE 3192 (6 copies); USTC (2 copies); cf. Cowen & Helfand, Pharmacy an illustrated history (1990); Hagelin, Materia medica, pp. 82-85.

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