Medieval Health Handbook: Tacuinum Sanitatis (English and Italian Edition)
by Luisa Cogliati Arano
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Boxed,
- ISBN 10
- 0807608084
- ISBN 13
- 9780807608081
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York,: George Braziller, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. boxed, decorative cloth , 153 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ;CONTENTS: Introduction 48 color plates and commentaries from the medieval manuscripts 243 black-and-white plates and commentaries from the medieval manuscripts,Table of concordance,Bibliography,List of related manuscripts. "Translated and adapted by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook from the original Italian edition." The author of, or at least the inspiration for, the precepts expressed in the texts found in the Tacuinum is thought to have been Ibn Butlan ,Tr. and adapted by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook from the edition orig. publ. under the title Tacuinum sanitatis (Milan: Electa Editrice, 1976).
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125558687
- Title
- Medieval Health Handbook: Tacuinum Sanitatis (English and Italian Edition)
- Author
- Luisa Cogliati Arano
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Boxed,
- ISBN 10
- 0807608084
- ISBN 13
- 9780807608081
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian,Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval,Illustrated works,Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern),Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Europe,Manuscrits latins me?die?vaux et modernes Europe Mate
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Medical;
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