pp. 153. Royal 8vo. Publisher's olive-green cloth over boards, gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine and front board. Richly and beautifully illustrated with dozens of black-and-white, and full-page colour plates, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; as new and housed in pictorial slipcase. Appears unread; fine. A lavishly decorated handbook of medicine was conceived for the lay public on topics such as human health, healing, medicine, and household management.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Medieval Health Handbook: Tacuinum Sanitatis

Publisher

George Braziller, New York

Publication Date

1976

ISBN 10

0807608084

ISBN 13

9780807608081

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

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Dust Jacket Included

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Science Medicine & Mathematics

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Synopsis

A discussion of the discovery and history of the Tacuinum Sanitatis and studies of five different manuscripts precede illustrations and rates revealing the positive effects of herbs, flowers, and fruits, as well as dangers

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