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OPERA MEDICINALIA. PRINTED IN MEXICO, 1570. WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY FRANCISCO GUERRA.
Bravo, Francisco
2 volumes.

   

- Folkestone : Dawsons 1970
- small 8vo.
- full parchment, slipcase.
- (vi),77; facsimile of over 300 leaves.
- Order Nr. 36790
- Price: $ 225.00



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Limited to 250 numbered copies. The first volume contains the text by Guerra in English. The second is a facsimile reprint of the first medical book to be published in the New World taken from the only known complete copy. From the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. With the bookplate of the Zaehnsdorf Company.

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