“Ménon” does not seem to be a pseudonym because it also appears on his certificate of good health that is attached to the front pastedown
in which he declares slavery and the slave trade necessary to imperial economies
Coloured borders around the text
This is the only drawing from Bramer’s dispersed sketchbook known to bear his writing and signature
MP for Liverpool
Semedo, Polyanthea medicinal, 1727. Natural History “Ménon” does not seem toIntroducing drugs from around the world Joo Curvo Semedo (1635 1719). Polyanthea medicinal. Noticias galenicas, e chymicas, repartidas em tres tratados [] Quarta vez impressa []. Lisboa Occidental, Na Officina de Antonio Pedrozo Galram, 1727. Folio in 6s. [60], 312, 317 879, [1 blank], 32, [4], 11, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. = complete with the advertisement leaf at the end and the 3 plates: an engraved frontispiece showing the Portuguese Royal