Commentarii secundo aucti, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de medica materia. Adiectis quam plurimis plantarum, & animalium imaginibus, quae in priore editione non habentur, eodem authore. His accessit eiusdem apologia aduersus Amathum Lusitanum, quin et censura in eiusdem enarrationes.

Venice, ex officina V. Valgrisi, 1558

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Lot description

Folio: [100]-776, 50-[1] pp. (some staining and min. browning, mostly marginal, title sl. toiled, some faint dampst.).

Contemp. vellum, spine with raised bands (corners and spine repaired).

Second ed. (1st 1554) of the revised Latin translation of the "Discorsi" (1544) of Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501-1577). It includes his Latin translation of Dioscorides, one of the classics of medical botany. Book 6 has a chapter on poison ("De venenis"). Over 500 woodcuts ill. in-text showing herbs, plants and animals, of which some especially executed for this edition. Printed in roman and italics.
Ref. EDIT16 37867. - Nissen (BBI) 1305. - Durling 385. - Wellcome I:4139. - Adams D-667. - Pritzel 5985.
Prov. R P (bookpl.). - Ex dono of Guilielmus Bruneau to Gerard de Roo (ms. entry). - Martinus Winckler (id.). - Schoepfer (id.).