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1557 Dialoghi di Pietro Messia antique on astronomy gastronomy medicine 16 cent.

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1557 Dialoghi di Pietro Messia antique on astronomy gastronomy medicine 16 cent.

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Mexia (Pedro)
Dialoghi di Pietro Messia
Venice, Plinio Pietrasanta, 1557
woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut initials and head-pieces
modern morocco-backed boards
4to: 6 1/4 by 8 1/2" (c.210 x 149mm.)
First Italian edition, translated from the Spanish 1547 first edition by Alfonso D'Ulloa.
125 pp , 5 lvs
Very good condition
Text in Italian
Pedro Mexia was among the first scientific Renaissance scholars to write for a popular audience;
in this work covering various subjects relating to astronomy, gastronomy, and medicine.
He also describes Magellan's first circumnavigation of the earth;
Mexia himself witnessed Magellan's fleet leaving Sanlúcar de Barrameda in 1519 and returning in 1522.
Literature: c.f. Brunet III, 1689 (1547 edition); Edit 16 CNCE 34732.

Pedro Mejía (old Spanish spelling: Pero Mexía), (between 17 January and 6 September 1497 – 17 January 1551) was a Spanish Renaissance writer, humanist and historian.
He was born and died in Seville, where he lived for the majority of his life and for which there is always a special affection in his writings.
He studied humanities and law at Seville and Salamanca universities. He maintained correspondence with Erasmus of Rotterdam, Luis Vives and Juan Gines de Sepulveda. In 1548, he was appointed official chronicler of the court of Emperor Charles V.

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