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Botanica - Medicina - Maranta, Bartolomeo
Of the theriaca et del mithridato. Books II [...] in which the true way of composing the aforementioned antidotes is taught, and all the medicines that enter it are carefully examined, 1572
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Venice, Marc'Antonio Olmo, 1572. In 4th. Nice chalcographic frontispiece, friezes and xylographic initials, some ink marks on the title page, slight blooms and redness, some slight stains, small woodworm work on the inner white margin of the KM files, coeval parchment binding, handwritten title on the spine with 5 nerves with paper dowels, blue cuts, some woodworm holes in the back, slight defects. Stamp of belonging to the title page.
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First edition of this interesting and famous work in which the qualities and miraculous powers of what we would now call a polypharmaceutical, panacea for all ills, are reviewed: the Theriaca. The impressive treatise describes the sixty components of the very ancient and complex antidote according to the ancient recipe of Andromachus the Elder, describing the peculiarities of each principle. The work of Bartolomeo Maranta (1500-1571), a distinguished naturalist trained in Cosimo de 'Medici's Giardino dei Semplici, was an important reference for all those who tried their hand at preparing the universal remedy par excellence with many therapeutic properties capable of fighting & nbsp; poisons, diseases and any unknown evil
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