Martin de la Cruz/Ioannes Badianus - Libellus de...

A very RARE and beautiful facsimile of the Badianus Manuscript in the Vatican Library (Codex Barberini, Latin 241)"Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis' written by Martín de la Cruz and translated by Juan Badianus at the College of Santa Cruz, Tlaltelolco, Mexico City, 1552. The oldest illustrated medical treatise from the Americas, originally composed in Nahuatl in 1552 by the Aztec physician Martín de la Cruz and translated into Latin by Juan Badiano. Limited edition on special hand-made paper, bound in red velvet cover, in case., One of 250 copies!!! Book and box in very good condition, maybe a tiny corner missing from one page. I see no copies selling worldwide!!! Rarity

Estimación:€17

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