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M. Moleiro Editor, Barcelona, first edition, 2001. Limited edition of 987 numbered copies. Facsimile: brown leather with gold decoration, 36 x 26 cm, commentary volume: cloth, 4to,. Facsimile: 340 pp, 386 ills; commentary: 432 pp. 8488526679 8488526687 A very high-quality facsimile of the "Livre des simples médecines" The book of simple medicines) of the Russian National Library, St Petersburg, together with the accompanying scholarly commentary volume. The codex was produced in France in the late 15th century for Count Charles of Angoulême and his wife Louise of Savoy. It is remarkable not merely for the beauty of its illuminations, but also for its content: it presents the accumulated European medieval knowledge of the animal, vegetable and mineral substances used to cure or relieve disease. The codex contains 220 pages of text arranged in five parts: herbs and flowers, trees and their gums and resins, metals and minerals, animal products and other matters, together with… Read More