Three medical treatises in Italian. The first, written by one hand on the first seven gatherings, addresses women's health, divided into illnesses and afflictions of mothers; young and newly married women; new mothers; and infants (f. 2r-55r). Descriptions of ailments are frequently followed by sections on cause, prognosis, and cure. The second, written by another hand on the eighth through eleventh gatherings, is on venereal diseases (f. 58r-85v) and is followed by a list of chapter headings by a later hand (f. 86r-86v). The third and longest is a more general treatise on medicine (f. 90r-185r), begun by the same hand as the second at the beginning of the twelfth gathering, but picked up by a third hand in the middle of a sentence in the fifteenth gathering. Physicians of the 17th century cited include Michael Ettmüller of Leipzig, Herman Boerhaave of Leiden, and Francesco Redi of Florence. A few contemporary medical notes in Latin are written in ink on the flyleaves and pastedowns.
Language:
Italian
Provenance:
Early ownership inscriptions, Ex familia Perugini Zuccharias Professoro farmacie et medicinae utriusque, in ink (front flyleaf recto); AGP, 1752, Ex familia Perugini, in lead (front flyleaf recto); monogram AGP in ink (f. 1r, 57r, 58r).; Offered for sale by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London), 2018-2020.; Sold by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (Sherman Oaks, California), 2020.
Relation:
The Jonathan A. Hill Endowed Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366224
185 leaves : paper; 190 x 132 (160 x 110) mm bound to 200 x 145 mm.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Italian, with notes in Latin on flyleaves.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-55r: Trattato pratico delli morbi delle donne -- 2. f.58r-85v: Unico trattato della lue venerea -- 3. f.90r-185r: Del anteprattica medica.; Collation: Paper, i + 185 + ii; 1-9⁸ 10¹² 11⁴ 12⁷ 13-15¹⁰ 16⁶ 17¹⁰ 18⁶ 19¹⁰ 20⁶ 21¹⁰ 22⁶ 23⁶ (gatherings 12 and 23 uncertain); modern foliation in pencil, [1-185], lower right recto. Catchwords on every page.; Layout: Written in 26-30 long lines; ruled in drypoint; quarto format.; Script: Written in cursive script by two hands (first work, f. 2r-55r; second work and beginning of third work, f. 58r-123v) and semicursive script by one hand (remainder of third work, f. 123v-185r).; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) parchment over boards (Rootenberg), illegible spine title in ink.; Origin: Written in Italy, circa 1750.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jonathan A. Hill Endowed Fund.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2051
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