Herbario novo [...]. Con figure, che rappresentano le vive piante, che nascono in tutta Europa & nell'Indie orientiali, & occidentali [...].

Sm. folio: [12]-476-[27] pp. (dampstaining throughout, lower corner of title repaired and some repairs to the last ff., some mod. ms. notes, some ff. of quire Dd browned, inner margin of Tt repaired).

Mod. leather, flat spine with a black. orn. medallion (sl. rubbings).

Renowned work on simples and indigenous European plants by Durante (1529-1590), botanist and chief physician at the court of Pope Sixtus V. Illustrated with ca. 1000 woodcuts in-text. The first edition was published in Rome in 1585. Large printer's mark on title.
Ref. Cp. Nissen (BBI), Pritzel, Wellcome.
Prov. Contemp. ms. entry on title.