Andreae Vesalii Bruxellensis, medici caesarei Epistola, rationem modumque propinandi radicis Chynae decocti, quo nuper invictissimus Carolus V. imperator usus est, pertractans : & praeter alia quaedam, epistolae cuiusdam ad Iacobum Sylvium sententiam recensens, veritatis ac potissimum humanae fabricae studiosis perutilem: quum qui hactenus in illa nimium Galeno creditum sit, facile commonstret. Accessit quoq[ue] locuples rerum & verborum in hac ipsa epistola memorabilium, Index.
A 1546 Latin medical letter by the anatomist Andreas Vesalius, printed in Basel by Johannes Oporinus, addressed to scholars of anatomy and medicine and concerning the China root decoction used by Emperor Charles V. Its pictures are small woodcut historiated initials and a printer's device, showing putti at work and a figure of Arion riding a dolphin, offering a designer compact, decorative capital letters and an emblematic cartouche.
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