Lot 41
Lot 41
A CHEMIST’S LICENCE, in Italian and Latin, Venice, 1717

Antonio Damugliano (Fl. 1685-1740) [Recipient]

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    A CHEMIST’S LICENCE, in Italian and Latin, Venice, 1717

    Antonio Damugliano (Fl. 1685-1740) [Recipient]
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    Antonio Damugliano (fl. 1685-1740) [recipient]
    A CHEMIST’S LICENCE, in Italian and Latin, Venice, 1717
    A Venetian licence to sell ointments granted to the Greek-born physician and expert in contagious diseases Antonio Damugliano.

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    •ANTONIO-ANTIMO DAMUGLIANO, or Anthonios Damoulianos, was born in Zakynthos in the mid-17th century. He studied medicine in Europe and travelled extensively throughout Asia, the Middle East, northern Africa and Russia. He was for a time in the employ of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740), and was honoured for his services in tackling the spread of epidemics.

    229 x 163mm. i + 7 + iv, complete. 14 lines, ruled space: 145 x 85mm. One full-page miniature of the Lion of Venice with the coat of arms of Doge Giovanni II Cornaro (1647-1722), each page with full border. 18th-century blind-tooled morocco gilt.

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