Herbarium, continens Theriaca medicamenta quae primum Andromachus, Neronis imperatoris medicus, deinceps Galenus, Dioscorides et alii medici composuerunt

Folger bibliographic ID: 122839
Folger call number: V.a.598
Folger holdings ID: 115416
Accession Number: MS Add 1206

Explaining the structure, nature and quality of many plants, which are used as remedies against the bites of poisonous snakes, scorpions, etc., with 71 hand-colored printed woodcuts and original watercolor drawings. Illustrations are of plants and fungi, as well as a watercolor of snakes (after text leaf 4), a watercolor of a black bear climbing a tree trying to get to a bee hive, along with a man-made hive, a jar of honey and a wheel of wax (after text leaf 72), and a few drawings of seals or coins (after text leaf 3, after text leaf 4, text leaf 5v)

General notes

Main text leaves numbered 1-113; drawings numbered separately 1-58, 60-65, 67-72 (59 and 66 numbering skipped) and intermixed with text leaves; index and table at end unnumbered; leaves 87 and 88 blank; 2 blank unnumbered leaves after leaf 8; 1 blank unnumbered leaf after leaves 33, 49, and 103 In Latin, with some Greek Colophon: Descriptisiam et examinatis Singulis MITHRIDATICAM Confectionem ingredientibq, nihil quidem amplius restare videtur: nisi optimo MELLE, et VINO Cretico, quantum Satis esse videbitur, additis, artificiosum eius Componendi et Conservandi modum aggrediamur: Sed cum illefere idem sit cum eo, qui fuit in Theriacae Confectione observatus, diligentem Lectorem, brevitati studentes, eo remittere voluimus Title taken from bookseller's description pasted on recto of first fly leaf: Herbarium, continens Theriaca medicamenta quae primum Andromachus, Neronis imperatoris medicus, deinceps Galenus, Dioscorides et alii medici composuerunt Title on 20th century case: Theriaca Andromachi / Venice ca. 1680 Includes index and table at end of text Mary P. Massey (bookplate) Formerly Folger MS Add 1206 Bound in vellum on boards; evidence of ties

Extended title: Herbarium, continens Theriaca medicamenta quae primum Andromachus, Neronis imperatoris medicus, deinceps Galenus, Dioscorides et alii medici composuerunt ca. 1680
Alternate titles: Theriaca andromachi

Plants Fungi Bears Bee culture Snakes

former owner: Massey, Mary P.