Lot Essay
The date 1554 appears on the title; but on the bottom of the page there is a later overprint which says 1572. The author was court physician to Philip II.
Details
Gomez Pereyra (Juan): Antoniana Margarita. Opus nempe Physicis, Medicis, ac Theologis non minus utile quam necessarium, Medina del Campo, Guillermo de Millis, 1572, folio, Roman type in double columns, title printed in red and black within elaborate woodcut border, modern calf, g.e. [Adams P 650; Palau 194285; BMC of Spanish Books 68; Perez Pastor, La Imprenta en Medina del Campo, 112; not in Osler, Waller or Welcome]