Prosperi Alpini De plantis Aegypti liber : In quo non pauci, qui circa herbarum materiam irrepserunt, errores, deprehenduntur, quorum causa hactenus multa medicamenta ad vsum medicin[ae] admodum expetenda, plerisque medicorum, non sine artis iactura, occulta, atque obsoleta iacuerunt : accessit etiam liber de balsamo aliàs editus

By

Alpini, Prosper, 1553-1617 , author

Franceschi, Francesco de, , printer
Alpini, Prosper, 1553-1617 , De balsamo dialogus

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Venetiis, Apud Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem, MDXCII [1592]

Notes

"Ad Ioannem Maurocenum Antonij filium patricium Venetum clarissimum."

The leaves are printed on both sides.

Errors in pagination: pages 37-40 are duplicated in numbering.

Includes 50 woodcut illustrations, of which 38 are full-page.

"Liber de balsamo" has separate title page (leaf [58]r, Q2r): Prosperi Alpini De balsamo, dialogus. In quo verissima balsami plantae, opobalsami, carpobalsami, & xilobalsami cognitio, plerisque antiquorum atque iuniorum medicorum occulta, nunc elucescit. Ad illustrissimos et sapientissimos Patauinae Academiae curatores.

Signatures: a⁴ A-X⁴ a-b⁴.

Errata: final page.

Woodcut title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; decorative initials.

Durling, R.J. NLM 16th cent., | 179

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, | 20

Subjects

16th century , Balsams , Botany , Early works , Early works to 1800 , Egypt , Italy , Medicinal plants , Pictorial works , Woodcuts (prints)

Call Number

QK403 .A4

Language

Latin

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.162893
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/05032255
OCLC: 8435008