COMMENTARII SECUNDO AUCTI, IN LIBROS SEX PEDACII DIOSCORIDIS ANAZARBEI DE MEDICA MATERIA [with APOLOGIA ADVERSUS AMATHUM LUSITANUM]
by MATTIOLI, Pietro Andrea
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Old partly scored inscriptions on title page, occasionally heavy marginal soiling and stains, scattered early underscoring, clea
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About This Item
Mattioli's commentary on the 1st-century A.D. materia medica of Dioscorides was first published in Italian in 1544 (without illustrations) and in Latin translation in 1554 (with fewer woodcuts than in this edition). Appended to this edition is his attack on Amatus Lusitanus (i. e., João Rodrigues), the Marrano physician and commentator on Dioscorides. Nissen BBI 1305.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018984
- Title
- COMMENTARII SECUNDO AUCTI, IN LIBROS SEX PEDACII DIOSCORIDIS ANAZARBEI DE MEDICA MATERIA [with APOLOGIA ADVERSUS AMATHUM LUSITANUM]
- Author
- MATTIOLI, Pietro Andrea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Old partly scored inscriptions on title page, occasionally heavy marginal soiling and stains, scattered early underscoring, clea
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition in Latin
- Publisher
- Officina Valgrisiana
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1559
- Keywords
- Natural History, Gardening, Botany, Herbals, 16th Century, Herbal, Woodcuts, Sea Life, Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Botanical; 16th Century;
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