MESUË JOANNES the Younger [i e Yuhanna ibn Masawaih al Mardi

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MESUË, JOANNES, the Younger [i. e., Yuhanna ibn Masawaih al-Mardini], attributed to. Divi Mesue et nova quedam ultra ea que secum associari co[n]sueveru[n]t opera. Title in red and black, with Giunta woodcut device. 388 leaves (but with leaves 232-258 ripped out). Folio, contemporary blind-tooled morocco over wooden boards with concentric ornamental roll borders on covers, worn, portions of leather missing from bottom of spine and front cover, brass catches, lacks clasps; early marginalia, several small wormholes through opening leaves not impairing legibility, occasional minor marginal soiling and stains. (Venice: Luc'Antonio Giunta, 1527)

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Compilation of medical writings ascribed to a Baghdad court physician (d. 1015), including a popular pharmacopoeia based on Muslim knowledge, which "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton). Durling 3124 (lacking last 43 leaves); Choulant, Handbuch, page 355; Sarton I, 728.