Trattato ... della historia, natura, et virtu delle droghe medicinali....
by ACOSTA, CRISTOBAL DE
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Venice: : Francesco Ziletti, 1585. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. 342 pp, woodcut device on title page, 47 woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum, gilt titles on spine. Browning, dampstaining to several leaves, mostly in margins, slight worming to last several leaves, not affecting text. Provenance: M[aria] L[udovica] Borromeo Arese and M[assimiliano] Favia del Core (bookplate); Ladislaus von Hoffmann, (An Important Botanical Library Part II, Christie's New York, 5 June, 1997, lot 161). First Italian Edition of Acosta's Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales. Acosta's observations were made in the Portuguese indies, where he served as physician to the Viceroy, and physician to the royal hospital in Cochin. The last chapter is a treatise on the Indian elephant, a topic never before covered in a European publication. Durling 1066; Sabin 114.
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- WB18563
- Title
- Trattato ... della historia, natura, et virtu delle droghe medicinali....
- Author
- ACOSTA, CRISTOBAL DE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- : Francesco Ziletti
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1585
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