Author: Cameron Gillies, H.
Title: Regimen Sanitatis, the Rule of Health; a Gaelic Medical Manuscript of the Early Sixteenth Century or Perhaps Older from the Vade Mecum of the Famous Macbeaths, Physicians to the Lords of the Isles and the Kings of Scotland for Several Centuries [
Description: Robert Maclehose & Co Ltd, 1911. Hardcover. Gilt lettered blue cloth. The first published report of a Gaelic Medical Manuscript of the early 16th century or perhaps older: discovered by the author in the British Museum. From the Vade Mecum of the Famous Macbeaths, physicians to the Lords of the Isles and the Kings of Scotland for several centuries. With illustrations from the the original vellum manuscripts. In Gaelic with an English translation and a Glosssary. 139p internally tight and clean with a neat owners signature on fep - Ivor Campbell. Boards are clean but there is evidence of old damp staining along the boottom edge - more so on the rear board. Spine clear with bright gilt titling. See scans. . Good +

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