Facsimile of "On Medicinal Matter and Deadly Poisons" by Pedanius Dioscorides

Facsimile of "Acerca de la materia medicinal, y de los venenos mortíferos" by Pedanius Dioscorides, original published in Salamanca by Mathias Gast, 1563.
Hardcover.
Cardboard cover.
Casa Duero Edition, 2009.
Measurements: 29 x 19,5 x 6,5 cm.

On the title page, after the title it is stated: "Divo Philippo, divi Caroli. v. avg. filio haeredi, opt. max. dicatvm." ; and in the imprint, after the date of publication reads: "Con priuilegio. Esta tassado en dos ducados" ; it also has several handwritten notes, one of which reads: "Esta expurgado este libro por mandado de los señores inquisidores segun el expurgatorio del año 1640".

"Acerca de la materia medicinal y los venenos mortíferos" is the title of a classic work by Andrés Laguna, a translation and commentary of the treatise "De Materia Medica" by Dioscorides. This book, published in 1555, was very important for the development of pharmacology and medicine in Spain, as it introduced the study of medicinal plants and poisons in a systematic way. Andrés Laguna not only translated the text, but also made extensive annotations and corrections, which made his work more extensive and made it a fundamental reference for the following centuries.