Description

Hardcover, small quarto size volume bound in olive [greenish brown] top grain genuine cowhide, with bound in silk ribbon marker, marbled end leaves specially designed by Richard J. Wolfe and all edges gilt. Cover design and production by Daniel B. Bianchi and Sema Ordewer, with brass-stamped gilt covers and spine stamped in 22kt gold. 701 pages. Index. Contains 396 illustrations from the original. Illustrations by a Byzantine circa A.D. 512; Translated into English by John Goodyer A.D. 1655 and edited and first printed A.D. 1933. Special limited edition printed for The Classics of Medicine Library (1996), being a reproduction of the limited first Oxford edition of 1934 courtesy of the Historical Collections of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. First edition thus. Previous owner’s and subscriber’s book-plate affixed to blank verso of front free end-paper, indicating that this is copy 921. “A monumental 1st-century AD pharmacopeia by the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides. For over 1,500 years, this five-volume text served as the world’s primary authority on herbal medicine and medical botany.” [AI generated summary]. A pristine, gift quality copy. As new.