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Pietro Andrea Mattioli : Commentarii in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de medica materia..

Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice, c. 1565

Recent ½ calf with marbled boards, spine in six compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two and four. , Although incomplete, but otherwise a very good copy. Plates are clean and crisp.
Lacks portrait and title leaf and some plates. , Folio, With only 174 woodcut illustrations of plants and flowers on 98 leaves of 680?

“The 1565 edition is the first augmented by Mattioli’s fuller notes and has always been the most valued for its completeness� (Hunt 94). The 1565 edition of the Commentarii is considered the best for both its text and its fine woodcut illustrations which extend across the full width of the page. The plates of plants are by Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck., Nissen BBI 1305; Adams D-672; Hunt 94; Prutizel; Brunet III:1538.

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