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Scribonii Largi,... de Compositione medicamentorum liber, jampridem Jo. Ruellii opera e tenebris erutus... Antonii Benivenii libellus de abditis... ac mirandis morborum et sanationum causis. Polybus de salubri victus ratione privatorum, Guinterio Joanne Andernaco interprete

Scribonius Largus, Benivenius, Antonius, Polybe · 1529 · Basileae : Andreas Cratander · 1 picture

A 1529 Basel medical compendium printed by Andreas Cratander, gathering pharmacological texts by Scribonius Largus, Antonius Benivenius and Polybus for physicians and students. The single woodcut is an architectural frame with a nude figure balanced on a sphere, set between fluted columns and a shell-like arch, offering a Renaissance template for classical border ornament, niche compositions and figure-on-globe emblems.

Scribonius Largus

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