P.A. Matthiolus - Opera, quae extant omnia: Hoc est, Commentarii in VI. Libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medica - 1674
2 parts in one book, printed in Basel, published by (Werenfels for) J. König, from the year 1674.
Collation: Copper title, 60 leaves, 1027 (recte 1029) pages, 11 leaves (De ratione distillandi aquas ex omnibus plantis) 236 pages, 3 leaves (index) . With wide engraved title border and over 1300 plant woodcuts.
Bound in a contemporary parchment cover with bling-embossed cover vignette (slightly bumped and scratched, upper spine pasted over with old paper strips) .
Nissen BBI 1309 Pritzel 9585.
- New edition of the first complete Latin edition of the well-known herbal book. In addition to the plant woodcuts, it also contains illustrations of animals, minerals, etc.
CONDITION: Good copy with signs of wear, without the portrait. Partly light or slightly foxed or brown-stained, approx. 60 of the last leaves with a small damp edge in the white outer margin, good binding.
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2 parts in one book, printed in Basel, published by (Werenfels for) J. König, from the year 1674.
Collation: Copper title, 60 leaves, 1027 (recte 1029) pages, 11 leaves (De ratione distillandi aquas ex omnibus plantis) 236 pages, 3 leaves (index) . With wide engraved title border and over 1300 plant woodcuts.
Bound in a contemporary parchment cover with bling-embossed cover vignette (slightly bumped and scratched, upper spine pasted over with old paper strips) .
Nissen BBI 1309 Pritzel 9585.
- New edition of the first complete Latin edition of the well-known herbal book. In addition to the plant woodcuts, it also contains illustrations of animals, minerals, etc.
CONDITION: Good copy with signs of wear, without the portrait. Partly light or slightly foxed or brown-stained, approx. 60 of the last leaves with a small damp edge in the white outer margin, good binding.