Live veiling - Lot 687
[Botany - Medicinal plants]
Praefatio in librum de homonymis hyles iatricae, eiusdem De Plinio iudicium.
Dijon, Widow P. Chavance, 1668
€ 160 / 200
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Beschrijving lot
Sm. folio (4to size): [8]-110 pp. (minor spotting).
Marbl. wr. Nice copy.
Very rare Dijon ed. of 2 essays by the French scholar and Leiden professor Cl. Saumaise (1588-1653) on Greek plant names and on their medical use, and on Pliny the Elder (1st publ. 1629). Woodcut ornament on title. Title in red & black. Ref. Cp. Goldsmith (BL) S-320 (re-issue). - Cp. Matagne (Namur) S-115 (later ed.). - Not in Bibl. Med. Neerl., Krivatsy, Wellcome. Prov. Mod. bookpl.