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Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine

Riddle, John M.

Austin: University of Texas Press, (1985). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 298pp. Brown cloth with red lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece. Thesis on pharmacy and medicine by Ancient Greek physician, Pedanius Dioscorides. His 5-volume encyclopedia "De Materia Medica" about herbal medicine was written in the first century and widely read for more than 1,500 years. Illustrated with few b/w reproductions of photographs. Very minor creasing and staining to parts of dj edges. Very good condition. No. 3 of "History of Science Series." vg. Item #32130

Price: $150.00