[Book of the 16th c.]. MATTIOLI (Pierandrea).... - Lot 174 - Normandy Auction

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[Book of the 16th c.]. MATTIOLI (Pierandrea).... - Lot 174 - Normandy Auction
[Book of the 16th c.]. MATTIOLI (Pierandrea). Comments of Mr. Pierre André Matthiole doctor from Sennois, on the six books of Ped. Dioscorides Anazarbeen de la matière médicinale mis en français sur la dernière édition latine de l'auteur A Lyon, par G. Rouille, 1572. Fort in-folio, [68 (of 69)] f., 819 p., [11 (of 13)] f., modern blond half-basane, spine with 6 nerves, old title-piece reassembled (title faded and reassembled, first limin. ff. reassembled and short margins, qq. limin. ff. misplaced, wetnesses on pages 521 to 570, and in some margins including those of the very last ff. ; one limin. ff. and the last blank are missing) First edition of the translation by the Lyon physician Jean Des Moulins. The work is distinguished by its abundant iconography illustrating the pharmacopoeia of the time: several hundred woodcut figures in the text showing mainly plants, but also certain animals such as fish and shellfish. The author's portrait appears on the title, engraved on wood. (USTC 20876).
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