Author: BIEDERMANN, HANS.
Title: Medicina Magica.
Description: Special Limited Edition; Oblong Med. 4to; pp. [ii], 107, (1); marbled endpapers, illustrated title page, 30 full page coloured facsimile plates, numerous b/w. text illustrations, bibliographical references, bound in full black pigskin, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, covers are brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold, all edges gilt, original silk page marker, fine copy. Birmingham, Alabama; The Classics of Medicine Library/Gryphon Editions; 1986. The facsimile pages reproduced in full color in Medicina Magica originally appeared in three of mankind's most famous (and rare) medical manuscripts: the Wiener Dioskurides (circa 512, A.D., Constantinople); the Tacuinum sanitatis in medicina (circa 1390 A.D., Northern Italy), and Medicina antiqua (circa thirteenth century, Sicily).
Keywords: Medical Medicine History Heart Herbal Natural Plants
Title: Medicina Magica.
Description: Special Limited Edition; Oblong Med. 4to; pp. [ii], 107, (1); marbled endpapers, illustrated title page, 30 full page coloured facsimile plates, numerous b/w. text illustrations, bibliographical references, bound in full black pigskin, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, covers are brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold, all edges gilt, original silk page marker, fine copy. Birmingham, Alabama; The Classics of Medicine Library/Gryphon Editions; 1986. The facsimile pages reproduced in full color in Medicina Magica originally appeared in three of mankind's most famous (and rare) medical manuscripts: the Wiener Dioskurides (circa 512, A.D., Constantinople); the Tacuinum sanitatis in medicina (circa 1390 A.D., Northern Italy), and Medicina antiqua (circa thirteenth century, Sicily).
Keywords: Medical Medicine History Heart Herbal Natural Plants
Price: AUD 60.00 = appr. US$ 41.51 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 124967
- Book number: 124967