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[SCIENCE AND MEDICINE] - ARDUINO Sante (1390 - 1450) - The Arabic Studies On Poisons Introduced In The Western World: Ibn Sina, Ibn Zuhr, Al-Razi, Al-Zahrawi, Ibn Sarabi - Arduino, Sante. ”Opus de venenis. A multis hactenus desideratum, et nunc tandem castigatissimè editum. In quo naturalis primùm historia venenatorum omnium, sive natura sive arte constent, fidelissimè proponitur (quam partem Theriacam Graeci vocant:) & quibus signis venena […] ostenditur. Deinde verò Alexipharmacia, hoc est, ratio tum praecavendi venena, tum curandi, elegans, copiosa, secura, planèq(ue) methodica. traditur. Adiunximus eiusdem generis commentarium doctissimum Ferdinandi Ponzetti.” Basel, Heinrich Petrus and Petrus Perna, 1562. Folio (304x200), contemporary calf with blind-tooled decorations, ff. [8], pp. 573 (i.e. 571), [1, blank], ff. [8, the last is blank). The most complete edition of an influential work entirely devoted on poisons and their remedies, whose main sources are Ibn Sina, Ibn Zuhr, Al-Razi, Al-Zahrawi, Ibn Sarabi, Galen and Dioscorides. Condition: Minor traces of use but a good copy in its original binding. Provenance: Est ex Libris Io:[hannis] Baptistae Baronij Presbyt[eri]. Ven[eti] S. T. D. 2. Ex libris Bibliotheca Congregat. Orator. Venetiarum. X.F. References: Durling, NLM no. 254; Adams A-1546; Index Aurel. 106.971. VD16 A-3235. Thorndike, A History of magic and experimental Science, pp. 180-182, 606, 614: «elaborate compendium on poisons in eight books which Sante Ardoini of Pesaro compiled in the years, 1424-1426, from Greek, Arabic and Latin works on medicine and nature, and which was printed at Venice in 1492, and at Basel in 1518 and 1562. [...] Although Ardoini quotes previous authors at great length, his work is no mere compilation, since he does not hesitate to disagree with such medical authorities as Peter of Abano and Gentile da Foligno, and refers to his own medical experience or observation of nature at Venice and to what fisherman or collectors of herbs have told him. He also seems to have known Arabic, and his occasional practice of giving the names of herbs in several Italian dialects is of some linguistic value». Enciclopedia Treccani: «Vi si trovano esposte alcune esperienze e cure per combattere l'azione dei veleni, tra i quali l’arsenico, contro il quale l’Autore indica sostanze “viscose”, antidoto simile a quello del Bunsen (ossido idrato di ferro); interessante anche la trattazione sul morso rabbioso, in relazione alla quale egli cita una cinquantina di antichi maestri greci e arabi, Plinio e Albucasi». •⁠> This lot is located in and ships from Italy. An Italian export license is required prior to shipment, which may cause delays. The Auction House will take care of the export license at no cost to the buyer. Import duties and taxes in the destination country are the buyer's responsibility.