Anthonius Gazius (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to, speckled pasteboard. Title printed in red and black, with woodcut device. [8], CLIX leaves. Scattered contemporary marginalia. First published in 1491 in Venice. Gazio was a professor of medicine in Padua and later personal physician to the King of Poland. In this, his most known work, he discusses hygiene, health maintenance, and nutrition. A substantial amount of the work is devoted to food and drink (specifically the healthy aspects of wine drinking.) The Florida corona consists chiefly of rules for the preservation of health and contains little or no astrological medicine. . It includes instructions for religious celibates whom it advises not even to read its preceding chapters on sexual intercourse - a caution that might have been better given before these chapters." (Lynn Thorndike, History of Magic and Experimental Medicine V, 170.) "Important traite de dietetique et d'hygiene d'un celebre medecin de Padoue qui connaissant et aimait le vin. Les chapitres 42 a 63 sont consacres au choix des aliments et des boissons. L'auteur consacre une importante partie de son ouvrage au vin, a l'art de boire, et a une étude approfondie de la soif humaine." (Simon, Biblotheca Bacchica 283). Vicaire, Bibliographie gastronomique 396. Provenance: From the library of Dr. Alfred M. Hellman (1880â"1955), with his bookplate on front paste down. Corona florida medicinae sive de conservatione sanitatis.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1516 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 259 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 259.