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Publicado por Madrid, Juan de Zuñiga, 1735., 1735
Librería: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB, London, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Small 4to. (8)f + 136p. Contemporary calf, spine gilt; worn. First Spanish translation in its second edition (first 1731) of this collection of 573 medical remedies. Curvo Semmedo (1635-1719) was the first Portuguese physician to employ quinine in his cures. He was highly respected in medical circles and served as physician to the King of Portugal. Some of his remedies contain as active components medicinal plants of Mexican origin, suggesting he also consulted American sources - see F.Guerra, Historia de la Materia Medica Hispano-Americana y Filipina en la Epoca Colonial (Madrid, 1973), no 87 (note). With contemporary ownership entry inside front cover; ink scribbles on front flyleaf; tear neatly repaired in pp 81-82. Blake, p106. Heredia 4438. Palau 66386 (note).