May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 268

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
REGIMEN SANITATIS SALERNI. [84] leaves. 8vo, 139x94 mm, contemporary reversed leather over pasteboard, worn; occasional soiling and browning, old scored inscription on title, repair in blank outer margin of A3, leaf of 19th-century owner's notes tipped to rear pastedown, free endpapers lacking. Caen: [Laurent Hostingue or successors], 11 July 1530

Additional Details

Exceedingly scarce edition of a collection of medieval health, hygienic, and dietary precepts in verse ascribed to the medical school of Salerno, which went through numerous editions from the 15th century onward. OCLC locates only the NLM and Duke copies.