MATTIOLI Pietro Andrea: Commentarii, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, de Medica Materia, 1554

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Commentarii, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, de Medica Materia. Adjectis quam plurimis plantarum & animalium imaginibus, eodem authore

In-folio. Contemporary German blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, spine restored. One clap only. Pp. (48), 707. Illustrated by 562 woodcuts, mainly representing plants and animals alike by Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck, utilized and copied for numerous posterior editions. Text on two colomns. Ca. 10 pages with small flaws.

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First illustrated and first Latin edition. First published without illustration in 1544 in Italian.

 

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Provenance: contemporary ownership entry on title (1560).

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