Rare second edition of an examination of all the pills that were commonly used in apothecaries, dedicated to Alphonso d'Este, then the son of the duke of Ferrara, Italy. The work was written by Antonio Musa Brassavola (or Brasavola, 1500-1555), he was one of the most famous physicians of his time. He was the friend and physician of Ercole II, duke of Este, the father of the dedicatee, and also the consulting physician of Kings Francis I of France, Henry VIII of England, of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and of Popes Paul III, Leo X, Clement VIII, and Julius III. Brassavola is said to have been the one to perform the first successful tracheotomy in 1546. The first edition of the Examen omnium catapotiorum was published in 1543 in Basel. The Italian botanist and physicist Antonio Musa Brassavola (1500-1555), was an expert on the works of Galen and was heavily influenced by his work.
With a water stain in the upper outer corner and lower margin, and minor foxing. Binding slightly soiled. Otherwise in good condition. USTC 149384 (3 copies); not in Adams; Durling.