MATTIOLI, Pietro Andrea (1500-77)

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MATTIOLI, Pietro Andrea (1500-77)
Kreutterbuch, jetzt wiederumb mit vielen schönen newen Figuren [...]. Frankfurt, a. M.: Palthenius in verlegung Jonae Rosen, 1600. In folio (365 x 235 mm) of [10], 460, [27] ff. Stiff vellum, smooth spine, traces of laces, blue edges (contemporary binding). FIFTH EDITION OF MATTIOLI'S FAMOUS HERBARY with more than 1000 woodcuts in the text of plants and flowers and a title engraving after Jost AMMAN. a precious copy entirely colored at the time and preserved in its first binding. Binding a little soiled and handled, slightly detaching in places but still solid. A gray stain on 8 leaves. CORRECTION : Pale foxing over a quarter of the book, sometimes more important, a few leaves chipped, with a paper loss to one leaf Label indicating that this volume was a duplicate and was removed from the Swedish Hagströmer Library. Nissen, BBI 1311.
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