Mediolano, Joannes de (fl. 1100) Regimen Sanitatis Salerni. This Boke Teachinge All People to Governe them in Helthe, is Translated out

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Mediolano, Joannes de (fl. 1100) Regimen Sanitatis Salerni. This Boke Teachinge All People to Governe them in Helthe, is Translated out of the Latyne Tonge in to Englyshe by Thomas Paynel. [Londini: In aedibus Tho. Bertheleti typis impres., 1541]. Quarto, lacking the final leaf with printer's device, title page printed within woodcut compartment, text in black letter throughout, later brown calf boards, professionally rebacked, with new endleaves, ex libris Arthury Dalrymple, with his bookplate pasted inside the front board, 7 x 5 in.

The Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum was originally written in Latin as a medieval didactic poem in hexameter verse. Annotations and commentary by Arnold of Villanova soon followed. The poem was a great success and was translated into languages across Europe; the first English translation by Thomas Paynell was printed by Thomas Berthelet in 1528. The Regimen concerns itself with daily domestic medical practice, including hygiene and diet. Written in the 12th or 13th century, it is organized around the fundamentals of Medieval medical science: the humors and the temperaments. Its sections make healthful recommendations to the reader regarding intake of food and drink, habits of sleeping and waking, effects of motion and rest on the body, along with excretions and retentions, and the passions of the soul. It also includes a section on bloodletting.

A6, B-Y4, a-h4, i3 (lacking i4, final leaf with printer's device).
http://estc.bl.uk/S116433
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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