Pro Conservanda Sanitate, Tuendaque Prospera Valetudine, ad Totius Humani Corporis Morbos et Aegritudines, Salutarium Remediorum, Curationumque Liber Utiliss.
Mainz: Ioanne Schoeffer, 1531.
Decorated throughout with woodcut initials. [18], 271 pages. Small folio, rebound in 19th century 3/4 vellum over patterned boards (ex-library with small stamp at foot of title; some early ink underlining and marginalia, minor staining in margins on a some pages, several pages towards rear have mended tears). Moguntiae [Mainz]: Ioanne Schoeffer (a cuius proavo Ioannne Faust), 1531. A very good solid copy of this scarce book.
Furno was a cardinal and physician who flourished around 1312. The book is an encyclopedia of contemporary medical knowledge with 343 separate entries, both for ailments (e.g., "De Melancholia," "De dentibus & eorum passionibus") and for remedies (e.g., "De lacte Cameli," "De cornu bovis vel tauri"). Bibliografia Hipocratica, 1540; Wellcome 2479. OCLC lists 25 copies.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First
Language: Latin
Price: $6,000.00
Item #260486