Cicutae aquaticae historia et noxae. : Commentario illustrata

Title Variants

Alternative: Cicvtae aqvaticae historia et noxae

By

Wepfer, Johann Jakob, 1620-1695

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Basileae, Apud Joh. Rodolphum König, A. D. M. DC. LXXIX [1679]

Notes

Cicuta, commonly known as water hemlock, is a small genus of four species of highly poisonous plants in the family Apiaceae. Water hemlock is considered one of North America's most toxic plants, being highly poisonous to humans. The author also includes description of jalap (p. 221-223) from the New World.

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Includes index.

Woodcut printer's vignette of a lion and a griffin on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.

Includes five illustrated figures numbered I-V printed on the recto and verso of two leaves of plate bound between p. 4 and 5.

Waring, E.J. Bibliotheca therapeutica, | p. 336.

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, | 2136.

Garrison, F.H. Medical bibliography (Garrison and Morton) (5th ed.), | 974.1.

Catalogue of seventeenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, | 12949.

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVII. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), | 32:679613U.

Text primarily in Latin with some words and passages in German and Greek.

Subjects

Botany , Cicuta , Imprint 1679 , Jalap , Pre-Linnean works , Umbelliferae

Language

Latin

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.154864
OCLC: 14310452