Making and marketing medicine in Renaissance Florence / James Shaw and Evelyn Welch.

  • Shaw, James E. (James Edric), 1972-
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

Description

A study of the Speziale al Giglio apothecary shop in fifteenth-century Florence, Italy.

Publication/Creation

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.

Physical description

356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-340) and index.

Contents

Part one: selling health. The shop and the city ; Keeping shop -- Part two: customers and credit. People and their purchases ; Recovering debts -- Part three: products. Wax ; Sugar and spices ; Medicines.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    IH.342.AA4
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9789042031562
  • 9042031565