Ibn Bu l n; Luisa Cogliati Arano; Oscar Ratti (Trans. & Adapt.); Adele Westbrook (Trans. & Adapt.) — Medieval Health Handbook: Tacuinum Sanitatis

New York George Braziller First Edition pp. 153. Royal 8vo. Publisher's olive-green cloth over boards, gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine and front board. Richly and beautifully illustrated with dozens of black-and-white, and full-page colour plates, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; as new and housed in pictorial slipcase. Appears unread; fine. A lavishly decorated handbook of medicine was conceived for the lay public on topics such as human health, healing, medicine, and household management.