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VARIGNANA, GUGLIELMO DA. Secreta medicine. Title with Portonariis device within woodcut architectural border. 77, [3] leaves. 8vo, 168x112 mm, 17th-century limp vellum; contents evenly browned, with dampstaining in upper portion of contents through most of volume, old inscription on title. (Lyon: Bénoît Bonyn [for Vincent de Portonariis], 16 April) 1533
Treatise describing a wide variety of conditions and associated remedies, composed in the early 14th century and first published in 1519. The author (circa 1270-1339) came from a distinguished family of Bologna physicians of disputed Jewish ancestry. Heirs of Hippocrates 102 (1522 edition); Sarton III, 838. With the stamp of Federico Cesi (1585-1630), founder of the Accademia dei Lincei, one of the earliest Italian scientific academies.
