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A seventeenth-century snake oil salesman, 1605
the therapeutic virtues of scotto’s topical oil are profusely listed on the broadside. among the diseases and ailments scotto claimed it cured: cough, asthma, rheum, indigestion, constipation, colic, kidney stones, fever, deafness, scrofula, epilepsy, etc. the cure is effected by applying the oil to the body for a prescribed number of days. scotto was quite proprietary about his remedial oil, which was purportedly sanctioned by the grand duke of tuscany. the title translates roughly: " that there is no person who dares to sell or have the said oil sold … in the states of serenissimo grand duke of tuscany, under penalty of 100 gold ducats …"
42.2 x 28.8 cm
Oct 27, 2021 • Sotheby's
A seventeenth-century snake oil salesman, 1605
the therapeutic virtues of scotto’s topical oil are profusely listed on the broadside. among the diseases and ailments scotto claimed it cured: cough, asthma, rheum, indigestion, constipation, colic, kidney stones, fever, deafness, scrofula, epilepsy, etc. the cure is effected by applying the oil to the body for a prescribed number of days. scotto was quite proprietary about his remedial oil, which was purportedly sanctioned by the grand duke of tuscany. the title translates roughly: " that there is no person who dares to sell or have the said oil sold … in the states of serenissimo grand duke of tuscany, under penalty of 100 gold ducats …"
42.2 x 28.8 cm
Oct 27, 2021
Sotheby's • New York
The Ricky Jay Collection
Lot 547
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