Title
Cicutae aquaticae historia et noxae. : Commentario illustrata
Title Variants
Alternative:
Cicvtae aqvaticae historia et noxae
By
Wepfer, Johann Jakob, 1620-1695
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Basileae, Apud Joh. Rodolphum König, A. D. M. DC. LXXIX [1679]
Notes
Cicuta, commonly known as water hemlock, is a small genus of four species of highly poisonous plants in the family Apiaceae. Water hemlock is considered one of North America's most toxic plants, being highly poisonous to humans. The author also includes description of jalap (p. 221-223) from the New World.
Signatures: )(⁴ ()(1 verso blank) )()(⁴ A-2T⁴ 2V⁴ (-2V4)
Includes index.
Woodcut printer's vignette of a lion and a griffin on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.
Includes five illustrated figures numbered I-V printed on the recto and verso of two leaves of plate bound between p. 4 and 5.
Waring, E.J. Bibliotheca therapeutica, | p. 336.
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, | 2136.
Garrison, F.H. Medical bibliography (Garrison and Morton) (5th ed.), | 974.1.
Catalogue of seventeenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, | 12949.
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVII. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), | 32:679613U.
Text primarily in Latin with some words and passages in German and Greek.
Subjects
Botany
,
Cicuta
,
Imprint 1679
,
Jalap
,
Pre-Linnean works
,
Umbelliferae
Language
Latin
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.154864
OCLC:
14310452
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