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Mesuè,
Opera De medicamentorum purgantium delectu, castigatione, & vsu, duo books. Quorum priorem canones vniuersales, posteriorim de Simplicibus vocant., 1581
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Venice, Giunta, 1581. In the 8th. 2 parts in one volume, each with its own title page and typographic mark, ornate drop caps, with 39 wood engravings in the text, some light burnishing on different papers, some tears on the edges, a & nbsp; p. 255 lacuna affecting the print mirror, original parchment binding, defects.
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Second illustrated edition, the first with Costaeus's commentary, of the collection of works by the Arab doctor Mesue the Younger (also known as Masawaih al-Mardini) in Latin, with comments by Mondino de Liuzzi, Christoph de Honestis, Jacobus Sylvius, Giovanni Mardi and Johannes Costaeus .. The work includes the "Canones universalis" which deal with treatment regimes; the second part, "De simplicibus", on the properties of various drugs; and Grabadin, "the most popular compendium of drugs in medieval Europe, and used everywhere in their preparation.
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