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MATTIOLI (PIETRO ANDREA)
Commentarii in sex libros Pedadacii Dioscorides Anazarbei de Medica materia, Venice, ex officina Valgrisiana, 1570

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
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MATTIOLI (PIETRO ANDREA)

Commentarii in sex libros Pedadacii Dioscorides Anazarbei de Medica materia, woodcut device on title and final leaf, upwards of 1200 woodcut illustrations, large decorative initials, title with a few small holes (touching just one letter) and reattached on stub, 2 blank margins of penultimate leaf strengthened with archival paper, a few neat early annotations or underlinings, contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, rebacked [Adams 673; Durling 3013; Nissen BBI 1305; Pritzel 5985], folio (315 x 208mm.), Venice, ex officina Valgrisiana, 1570

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Second enlarged edition of Mattioli's fine herbal, described by Hunt as "the most valued for its completeness", with the addition of his translation of Dioscorides and 'De ratione distillandi aquas ex omnibus plantis...' at the end.

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