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THEOPHRASTUS

De suffruticibus, herbisque, ac frugibus libri quattuor, Theodoro Gaza interprete.

(Strasbourg, H. Sybold, Aug.) [ca. 1530]

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8vo: [96] ff. (first and last ff. with some spotting, f. A2 repaired, f. F4 with a tear in the margin).

Overl. vellum, flat spine (re-use of an old register).

Only edition of this translation by Gaza of the books VI-IX of Theophrastus' "Historia plantarum". Contains also the book XX [chap. 1-3] of Pliny the Elder's "Naturalis Historia". Henrich Sybold, who was also a professor of medicine, dedicated this edition to students of medicine. He opened a printing house devoted to medical works. Rabelais owned a copy of this edition (now held by the BnF).
Ref. VD16 T-937. - USTC 696832. - Pritzel 9187. - Wellcome I:6267. - BnF.
Prov. The inscriptions on the binding indicate an old French provenance. - F. Fasting, Rio de Janeiro (stamp).

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Lot 1214

De suffruticibus, herbisque, ac frugibus libri quattuor, Theodoro Gaza interprete.

THEOPHRASTUS

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