Title
Prosperi Alpini De plantis Aegypti liber : In quo non pauci, qui circa herbarum materiam irrepserunt, errores, deprehenduntur, quorum causa hactenus multa medicamenta ad vsum medicin[ae] admodum expetenda, plerisque medicorum, non sine artis iactura, occulta, atque obsoleta iacuerunt : accessit etiam liber de balsamo aliàs editus
By
Alpini, Prosper, 1553-1617
, author
Franceschi, Francesco de,
, printer
Alpini, Prosper, 1553-1617
, De balsamo dialogus
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Venetiis, Apud Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem, MDXCII [1592]
Notes
"Ad Ioannem Maurocenum Antonij filium patricium Venetum clarissimum."
The leaves are printed on both sides.
Errors in pagination: pages 37-40 are duplicated in numbering.
Includes 50 woodcut illustrations, of which 38 are full-page.
"Liber de balsamo" has separate title page (leaf [58]r, Q2r): Prosperi Alpini De balsamo, dialogus. In quo verissima balsami plantae, opobalsami, carpobalsami, & xilobalsami cognitio, plerisque antiquorum atque iuniorum medicorum occulta, nunc elucescit. Ad illustrissimos et sapientissimos Patauinae Academiae curatores.
Signatures: a⁴ A-X⁴ a-b⁴.
Errata: final page.
Woodcut title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; decorative initials.
Durling, R.J. NLM 16th cent., | 179
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, | 20
Subjects
16th century
,
Balsams
,
Botany
,
Early works
,
Early works to 1800
,
Egypt
,
Italy
,
Medicinal plants
,
Pictorial works
,
Woodcuts (prints)
Call Number
QK403 .A4
Language
Latin
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.162893
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/05032255
OCLC:
8435008
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