‎BELON, Pierre‎
‎De admirabili operum antiquorum et rerum suspiciendarum praestantia liber primus. De medicato funere, seu cadavere condito, et lugubri defunctorum ejulatione liber secundus. De medicamentis non-nullis, servandi cadaveris vim obtinentibus. Liber tertius.‎

‎Paris, Corrozet, 1553.‎

Reference : 16026


‎ Première édition. Ce curieux ouvrage traite des différentes cérémonies funéraires des anciens et des modernes, de l'embaumement des corps, de l'usage de la "momie" comme médicament, et de divers autres médicaments ou substances (cèdre, "naphta", nitre...) Il explique l'utilisation du bitume, que les anciens Egyptiens utilisaient pour la momification des cadavres. Son action contre la putréfaction a incité les médecins à l'utiliser en thérapeutique. Apothicaire du Cardinal de Tournon, Pierre Belon a voyagé de 1546 à 1550 en Grèce, en Turquie, en Egypte, en Judée et en Arabie. Il en rapporta un grand nombre d'observations sur l'histoire naturelle. Marque de Gilles Corrozet sur le titre et jolies lettrines foliacées, parfois à fond criblé. Provenances - Alexis-Ferreol Perrin de Sanson, bibliophile de Marseille, (17..-1836) (exlibris armorié gravé). - Raspail (sa griffe sur le titre). François-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878) a été médecin, chimiste et homme politique. Comme l'indique une note probablement de la main de Perrin de Sanson : "Tous les ouvrages de Belon sont savants, curieux et exacts." Reliure frottée, une auréole d'humidité en coin des feuillets, plus marquée en début du volume. Renouard, fascicule Cavellat N°54. /// In-4 de (8), 54, (4) ff. Basane brune, dos orné, trois encadrements dorés sur les plats, tranches rouges. (Reliure du XVIIIe.) //// Pierre Belon was one of the first explorer - naturalists; and between 1546 and 1550 he undertook long voyages through Greece, Asia, Judaea, Egypt, Arabia, and other foreign countries. This book is about the funeral ceremonies of the ancients and the moderns, the embalming of bodies, the use of the "mummy" as medicine, and various other drugs or medicinal substances. "He clarified the use of bitumen, which the ancient Egyptians had used for mummifying corpses. Its agglutinative and antiputrefactive properties had induced physicians to use it therapeutically." Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1, 596. "We should be grateful for the survey of the petroleum which he left us in his 'De admirabili operum antiquorum', which shows that in many parts of Europe, including Italy, seepages were exploited in the sixteenth century and primitive applications of petroleum had already taken sufficient root to make it a commercial commodity at many fairs and markets." (R.J. Forbes, Pierre Belon and Petroleum) /// PLUS DE PHOTOS SUR WWW.LATUDE.NET‎

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