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JOHN XXI, Pope [Petrus Hispanus]. The treasuri of helth contaynynge many profytable medicines, gathered out of Hipocrat[es], Gale[n] & Avicenus]...translated by Hu[m]phre Lloyd...with the Aphorismes of Hipocrates. [London: William Copeland, ca.1556].
8o (131 x 90 mm.). Black letter. Numerous small woodcut ornaments and capitals. (Lacks final leaf g8 [blank?].) Modern blindstamped calf antique.
Second edition in English. Petrus Hispanus (1210/20-1277), who became Pope John XXII in 1276, "is the only physician so far to have attained the papacy. His Thesaurus pauperum, a practical compendium of medical remedies, was among the most popular textbooks of its kind up to the sixteenth century" (Norman). Castiglione, p.350; Garrison-Morton 1960 ("one of the most popular medical books of the Middle Ages; first written about 1260..."); NLM/Durling 2597; Sarton II, pp.889-891; STC 14652; Waller 7340; Wellcome 4956; Norman 1174.
8o (131 x 90 mm.). Black letter. Numerous small woodcut ornaments and capitals. (Lacks final leaf g8 [blank?].) Modern blindstamped calf antique.
Second edition in English. Petrus Hispanus (1210/20-1277), who became Pope John XXII in 1276, "is the only physician so far to have attained the papacy. His Thesaurus pauperum, a practical compendium of medical remedies, was among the most popular textbooks of its kind up to the sixteenth century" (Norman). Castiglione, p.350; Garrison-Morton 1960 ("one of the most popular medical books of the Middle Ages; first written about 1260..."); NLM/Durling 2597; Sarton II, pp.889-891; STC 14652; Waller 7340; Wellcome 4956; Norman 1174.