Probadas Flores Romanas…

Probadas Flores Romanas… – Vicent Garcia Editores – R-4122 – Biblioteca Nacional de España (Madrid, Spain)

Valencia (Spain) — Ca. 1510

A hmorous guide to self-treatment: what to do about a toothache, stop sneezing, or determine whether a pregnant woman is expecting a boy or a girl

  1. This Spanish translation of an Italian medical work is not only practical, but also spiced up with a little humor

  2. It was translated from Italian into Spanish by Juan Ramón de Transmiera and printed ca. 1510 by Cristóbal Cofman in Valencia

  3. On ten pages, 59 medical situations and their solutions are explained to those who want to treat themselves

Probadas Flores Romanas…

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Description
Probadas Flores Romanas…

In the Middle Ages, doctors were few and generally regarded as unreliable. As such, medical handbooks full of home remedies were popular because people preferred to treat themselves. This Spanish translation of an Italian work is not only practical, but is also designed to be entertaining as its recipes are spiced up with a little humor.

Probadas Flores Romanas…

59 medical situations and their solutions are all explained on only ten pages in this unusual text, the full, extensive title of which is: Probadas flores romanas de famosos y doctos varones compuestas para salud, y reparo de los cuerpos humanos y gentilezas de hombres de palacio, y de criança transladadas de lengua italiana en nuestra española. Nuevamente impresas corregidas, y enmendadas. It is a curious and popular collection of funny recipes, which was translated from Italian into Spanish by Juan Ramón de Transmiera, who signed the work as Juan Agüero de Transmiera. This edition was printed ca. 1510 by Cristóbal Cofman in Valencia and is a copy of a now lost specimen from Salamanca. The reader finds a plethora of helpful information concerning things such as how to treat a toothache, stop sneezing, or determine whether a pregnant woman will have a boy or girl.

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Alternative Titles
Probadas flores romanas de famosos y doctos varones compuestas para salud, y reparo de los cuerpos humanos y gentilezas de hombres de palacio, y de criança transladadas de lengua italiana en nuestra española
Size / Format
32 pages / 22.0 × 14.0 cm
Origin
Spain
Date
Ca. 1510
Language
Illustrations
Engraving as title page and xylography at the end of the work
Content
Treatise on healing knowledge of everyday life
Artist / School

Available facsimile editions:
Probadas Flores Romanas… – Vicent Garcia Editores – R-4122 – Biblioteca Nacional de España (Madrid, Spain)
Vicent Garcia Editores – Valencia, 2000
Limited Edition: 3160 copies
Facsimile Editions

#1 Probadas Flores Romanas…

Vicent Garcia Editores – Valencia, 2000

Publisher: Vicent Garcia Editores – Valencia, 2000
Limited Edition: 3160 copies
Binding: Parchment binding on wooden board; presented in a cloth-lined case with gold engraved leather spine
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