Dell'historia de i semplici aromati, et altre cose che vengono portate dall'Indie Orientali pertinenti all'vso della medicina
Parte prima, diuisa in quattro libri
Colóquios dos simples e drogas e coisas medicinais da India e de algumas frutas
Delle cose, che vengono portate dall'Indie Occidentali
Orta, Garcia de,
16th cent.-
creator
Briganti, Annibale,
1520-1582
contributor
Clusius, Carolus,
1526-1609
contributor
Monardes, Nicolás,
approximately 1512-1588
Historia medicinal
contributor
Monardes, Nicolás,
approximately 1512-1588
Libro que trata de dos medicinos excelentissimos contra todo veneno
contributor
Monardes, Nicolás,
approximately 1512-1588
Libro que trata de la nieue
contributor
text
book
In Venetia
Nella stamperia di Giouanni Salis
1616
1616
ITA
"Borgarutio Borgarucci, a' lettori" (advertisement for the pharmaceutical museum of Francesco Calceolari, Verona): p. 381-385.
"Del tabaco, & sue grandi virtù": p. 388-406, with large ill., p. 388 (reworked block from the Venice, 1575 ed. of Monardes' Part 2). For discussion of this chapter in the original Spanish ed. (1571) and J. Frampton's translation of selected passages, cf. Arents, G. Tobacco, 15.
Briganti's translation of Carolus Clusius' annotated Latin abridgement of the Orta work (p. [1]-257; Clusius' title: Aromatum, et simplicium ... historia) and Briganti's translations from the Spanish of Part 1 of Monardes' Historia medicinal and the latter's treatise on bezoar (p. 258-385) were originally published Venice, 1576, under title: Due libri dell'historia de i semplici ... e due altri libri ...
For 1589 ed. (Venice : G. & A. Zenari), cf. Arents SA 0094.
Illustrations: 28 prints : woodcut ; full-page (2) and image 11 x 9 cm. or smaller. Blocks in first part (Orta-Monardes pt. 1) repeated from 1576 ed.; in second part (Monardes pt. 2) from 1575 ed.; copied from earlier Latin eds. of Orta and Spanish eds. of Monardes. Subject: Indian and American materia medica.
Includes index.
Name of printer from colophon, which reads: Stampato in Venetia, nella stamperia di Giouanni Salis ...
On t.p., statement "Parte prima ..." follows first statement of responsibility.
Part 2 of Monardes' Historia medicinal and his treatise on snow (p. 386-525) have caption title: "Delle cose, che vengono portate dall'Indie Occidentali ... Parte seconda, distinta in due libri ... ; con vn libro ... che tratta della neue ..."
Signatures: a-b⁸ A-2K⁸ (2K8 blank).
Woodcut printer's device (Agnus Dei) on t.p.; floriated initials.
Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.), | 99523
Sabin | 57670
Guerra, F. Monardes, | 38
Alden, J.E. European Americana, | 616/84
Wellcome cat. of printed books, | 4663
Bezoars
Early works
Early works to 1800
India
Indians of North America
Latin America
Materia medica
Snow
Therapeutic use
Tobacco
Tobacco in art
Tobacco use
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