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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
![Regime[n] sanitatis Magnini mediolanensis medici famosissimi Attrebacensi episcopo directum](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4SM6YV%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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A collection of medical works which includes Mayno, de' Mayneri's Regimen santiatis, Arnaldus de Villanova's Tractatus de fleubothomia, Hippocrates' Astronomia de infirmitatibus [actually Imbrasius, of Ephesus' Prognostica de decubitu], Johannes de Zantvliete's De dietis, Nicolaus Salternitanus' Quid pro quo, Averroës' De venenis and De tyriaca, Hippocrates' Secreta, Arnaldus de Villanova's De vinis, and Roger Bacon's Epistola de accidentibus senectutis et senii. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 19.7 x 14 cm. Text in one column. Historiated initials and printed marginalia. Signatures: a⁸ b-v⁶ x⁸. Binding: half vellum with decorated paper.
91563
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Medieval didactic poem in hexameter verse, claiming to be the creation of the medical school at Salerno, Italy, and promoting a healthy life through a regimen of adequate sleep, a moderate diet, and a peaceful mind. The Regimen also includes information on wine, vegetables, herbs, and meats, their therapeutic uses, which to eat, and which to avoid. The Regimen sanitatis Salernitatum and accompanying commentary are often wrongly ascribed to Arnoldus de Villa Nova. Corrected imprint from BM 15th cent. which states that this is a Venetian reprint of the 1491 Strassburg edition (Goff R-73), with expanded title. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 20.4 x 15 cm. Text in one column. Signatures: a-h⁸. Binding: sheepskin; rebacked.
95564
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Translation by Hermannus Dalmata. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 21.2 x 15.5 cm. Text in one column. Woodcut initials. Signatures: a-h⁸ j⁶. Binding: half calf with marbled paper boards.
717869
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Imprint from Incunabula in the Huntington Library. GW gives imprint as "Paris, after 1500". Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 19.4 x 12.9 cm. Signatures: a⁸.
86658
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Place and date of imprint from colophon; printer from ISTC. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 18.8 x 12.4 cm. Text in one column; initial spaces. Signatures: a⁸ b-h⁶ i⁴ (i4 blank?).
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Title from caption on leaf [a]2r. Imprint from ISTC. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 20.3 x 13.9 cm. Text in one column; guide letters. Signatures: [a⁸ (a1 blank?)].
101941