Rosa Gallica / aggregatoris Lugdunensis domini Symphoriani Champerii : omnibus sanitatem affectantibus utilis et necessaria, quae in se continet praecepta auctoritates atque sententias memoratu dignas ex Hippocratis, Galeni, Erasistrati, Asclepiadis, Dioscoridis, Rasis, Haliabatis, Isaac, Avicennae multorumque aliorum clarorum virorum libris in unum collectas, quae ad medicam artem rectamque vivendi formam plurimum conducunt. Una cum sua preciosa Margarita de medici atque aegri officio

Accession number

PML 151989

Creator

Champier, Symphorien, 1472?-approximately 1535.

Published

Parisiis : Emissum hoc opus iterum ex officina Ascensiana, Anno domini MDXVIII ad calendas novembres [1 November 1518]

Credit line

Bequest of Julia P. Wightman.

Notes

Signatures: A⁸ a-r⁸.
With woodcut on the title and cribble initials.
Not in Bechtel, Catalogue des gothiques français, 1476-1560.

Description

[8]-CXXXVI leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 17 cm (8vo)

Inscriptions/Markings

Contemporary manuscript title on bottom edge: "Rosa gal. ag. lug."

Provenance

S. S., initials with unclear symbol (leaf a1r); unidentified Jesuit inscription dated 1632, abraded (leaf r8r); Julia P. Wightman.

Binding

16th-century French blind tooled brown calf envelope/wallet binding with extended fore-edge flap; 1 clasp. In a maroon oasis leather backed slip box by J.P.W. with olive green buckram cloth.

Classification

Book

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Department

Printed Books