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4. Herparius LATINUS. 
[Without name of place or printer, no date] [Johann Petri, 
Passau, c1486] 
Based largely upon pre-existing manuscripts, representing a 
tradition of great antiquity, the Latin Herbarius was an anony- 
mous compilation from medieval writers and from some classical 
& Arabian authors.” 
5. HerpBarius LATINUS. 
Arnoldus de Nova Villa. Incipit tractatus de virtutibus herba- 
rum. Venice, 1491. 
The first edition printed in Italy, but the second appearance of 
the cuts. All the plants described were from the Venetian region 
and the object of the work was to help the reader to cheap and 
easy remedies. 
6. HeRBARIUS LATINUS. 
[|Arnoldus de Nova Villa] Tractatus de virtutibus herbaruin. 
Venice, Bevilaqua, 1499. (2 copies are shown.) 
Second edition of the Herbarius printed in Italy, reprinted from 
the 1491 edition of Achates. The wood-cuts are from the same 
blocks, and are uncolored. This is sometimes ascribed to Arnol- 
— 
dus, from the occurrence of his name at the beginning of the 
work. 
7. [Hortus SANITATIS | 
Herbarius su Teutsch und von aller Handt Kreuteren. Augs- 
burg, Johann Schonsperger, 1488. 
The German Herbarius was the foundation of the Hortus Sani- 
tatis. According to Dr, J. F. Payne the work “ forms an impor- 
tant landmark in the history of botanical illustration 4 
BARLY HERBALS AND OTHER PREADINNEAN 
WORKS 
8. ALDROVANDI, ULISSE. 
Dendrologiae naturalis scilicet arborum historiae libri duo sylva 
Glandaria . . . 1668 (Colophon, 1667). 
First edition. 
Aldrovandi established the botanic garden in Bologna in 1567. 
