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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mattioli, Pietro Andrea, 1501-1577
Other Authors: Camerarius, Joachim, 1534-1598, Verzasca, Bernhard, 1628-1680, Amman, Jost, 1539-1591
Format: Book
Language:German
Published: Basel : Gedruckt bey Johann-Jacob Decker, in Basel bey Jeremiae Mitzen sel. Erben, in Franckfurt und Ambsterdam aber bey Heinrich Wettstein zu finden, 1678.
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Description
Item Description:"A German translation of the botanical portion of Mattioli's Commentaries, without the text of Dioscorides ..." - Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Cat.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy is wanting the engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait and is stamped many times with "Max Anstett, Sen. Baden-Baden. The title page has been erroniously marked in manuscript with "1674" as the printing date."
"...this is the first edition as edited and revised by the Basel physician Verashca." Woodcuts done by Jost Amman; he was "one of the last major producers of woodcuts for books, as during his career engravings were gradually taking over that role" -- bookseller's description.
Physical Description:12 unnumbered pages, 792 pages, 72 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait ; 36 cm.