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PHARMACOPEIA AND MANUAL FOR THE EXAMINATION OF PHARMACISTS, in Italian and Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, Venice, 1706
An absorbing insight into the art of the Venetian speziale and the gruelling training of an aspiring pharmacist. A compendium of 160 recipes for the preparation of various pills, syrups, oils and potions, among which the dauntingly complex ‘Esdra’, usually given for the inflammation of the stomach and for strangury, which required around 150 ingredients.
290 x 216mm. ii + 46 + i leaves (contemporary pagination 3-83 followed here), complete, 35 lines, ruled space: 247 x 157mm, title-page with full border on recto and coats of arms of Giovanbattista Zopelli, Andrea Bonetti and Giovanni Luelli, along with the ensigns of their respective botteghe (St Francis, St Bernard and Sts Cosmas and Damian) on verso, full-page miniature of Christ blessing on f.4v (some fraying to page-edges, some marginal staining and rubbing). Contemporary morocco over wooden boards, tooled in gold (scuffed and rubbed, spine almost detached).
Provenance: Giovanbattista Zopelli, of the San Francesco pharmacy; Andrea Bonetti of the San Bernardo pharmacy; and Giovanni Luelli of the SS Cosme e Damiano pharmacy were tasked with producing this manual in 1706: their coats of arms and ensigns on p.4.
Content: ‘Promptuarium Examinatorum seu Index eorum, quae pro examine omnium pharmacopolarum adhibentur’ pp.3-83: Preface, giving the rationale behind the need to examine aspiring speziali, and the rules and regulations that both examiners and examinees should follow (and the penalties imposed if they didn’t), as instituted by the Collegio degli Speziali, pp.5-8, pharmacist’s oath pp.9-10, list of 160 medical recipes upon which the examinees may be tested pp.11-81, fees to be paid and useful tips for aspiring apothecaries pp.82-83; blanks ff.43-44; Index of recipes ff.45-46.
For more on the history of the Venetian speziali see R. Vecchiato, Gli speziali a Venezia: Pagine di storia, 2014.
An absorbing insight into the art of the Venetian speziale and the gruelling training of an aspiring pharmacist. A compendium of 160 recipes for the preparation of various pills, syrups, oils and potions, among which the dauntingly complex ‘Esdra’, usually given for the inflammation of the stomach and for strangury, which required around 150 ingredients.
290 x 216mm. ii + 46 + i leaves (contemporary pagination 3-83 followed here), complete, 35 lines, ruled space: 247 x 157mm, title-page with full border on recto and coats of arms of Giovanbattista Zopelli, Andrea Bonetti and Giovanni Luelli, along with the ensigns of their respective botteghe (St Francis, St Bernard and Sts Cosmas and Damian) on verso, full-page miniature of Christ blessing on f.4v (some fraying to page-edges, some marginal staining and rubbing). Contemporary morocco over wooden boards, tooled in gold (scuffed and rubbed, spine almost detached).
Provenance: Giovanbattista Zopelli, of the San Francesco pharmacy; Andrea Bonetti of the San Bernardo pharmacy; and Giovanni Luelli of the SS Cosme e Damiano pharmacy were tasked with producing this manual in 1706: their coats of arms and ensigns on p.4.
Content: ‘Promptuarium Examinatorum seu Index eorum, quae pro examine omnium pharmacopolarum adhibentur’ pp.3-83: Preface, giving the rationale behind the need to examine aspiring speziali, and the rules and regulations that both examiners and examinees should follow (and the penalties imposed if they didn’t), as instituted by the Collegio degli Speziali, pp.5-8, pharmacist’s oath pp.9-10, list of 160 medical recipes upon which the examinees may be tested pp.11-81, fees to be paid and useful tips for aspiring apothecaries pp.82-83; blanks ff.43-44; Index of recipes ff.45-46.
For more on the history of the Venetian speziali see R. Vecchiato, Gli speziali a Venezia: Pagine di storia, 2014.
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