Author: Dioscuridis, Pedani.
Title: DE MATERIA MEDICA. Libri Quinque Edidit Max Wellman.
Description: Berolini Apud Weidmannos, 1958. Editio Altera ex Editione Anni MCMVII MCMVI and MCMXIV Lucis Ope Expressa. 5 books in 3 vols. bound in 1. Thick 8vo. Greek text, notes and prefaces in Latin. Original wrapps. bound in at rear, from the Library of Dr James Bynon, bound in gilt lettered morocco backed cloth. ¶ Diocorides’ five volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), was widely read for more than 1,500 years. For almost two millennia Dioscorides was regarded as the most prominent writer on plants and plant drugs.

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