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Phryesen, Lorenz, c.1480

Spiegel der Artzney

Strassburg, Balthassar Beck, 1532.

Phryesen was city-physician at Metz. His "Spiegel der Arznei" belongs to the most celebrated medical compendiums of the 16th century.

The most richly illustrated edition of Gersdorff's great work, including the woodcut showing St. Anthony with a victim of ergotism.

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