Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on paper, containing an Italian translation of Antonio Guainerio's De venenis
Description:
In Italian., Title assigned by cataloger., Script: humanist hand., Decoration: one six-line decorated initial in gold on rectangle border with floral decoration (f. 1r). Two-line initials in red and blue ink throughout. Rubrication., Layout: single column of 24 lines., Binding: 17th-18th c. deer skin over paper boards., and Watermark is a variant of Briquet 6597-6600, Northern Italy, 1465-80.
Subject (Topic):
Materia medica, Medicine, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval, and Venom
Title in pencil upper right., Signed by the artist., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A man, back to the viewer, is seen carrying a caduceus in his left hand. In the center of each border of the square that frames is a different image. At the top of the square is lion framed in a coat of arms; at the bottom is an open book with the title text upon the pages. On both the left and right sides are closed books with long stemmed flowers behind each. The book title on the left reads Il Purga Torio, and the title on the right reads Il Para Diso.
At the center of the bookplate, seven distinguished individuals are featured, with a laurel wreath surrounding the portrait. A caduceus and a quill pen intersect with each other in the background. Beneath the image is an open book; above is the motto Vita humana est sacra.
Subject (Name):
Zakon, Samuel J.
Subject (Topic):
Books, Pens, Physicians, Portraits, Snakes, and Sword
All three texts translated into Italian by Sebastiano Manilio., Illustrated with 10 full-page Venetian woodcuts; one of which, The Dissection, is printed in color., and Yale Med copy imperfect: leaf 1 wanting and supplied in facsimile.
A wreath of laurels, with the plate owner's monogram at the center. In the background is written Se Dio Ti Lasci, Lettor, Prender Frutto Di Tua Lezione. In the lower right-hand corner is written, in pencil, "Henry Paret NY."
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication from item., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Mountebanks; Medicine chests.
Publisher:
apud Nic. Cavalli
Subject (Topic):
Dentistry, Teeth, Extraction, Quacks & quackery, Pain, Medicines, Medical equipment & supplies, and Monkeys
Title etched below image., From: Bartolomeo Pinelli, Nuova Raccolta de cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incise all'acqua forte. Roma, 1816., Below image at right: 43., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medicine shows, Crowds, Snakes, and Amulets