Petri Andreae Matthioli senesis medici, Commentarij in sex libros Pedacij Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medica materia : iam denuo ab ipso autore recogniti, et locis plus mille aucti ; adiectis plantarum, & animalium iconibus, supra priores editiones longè pluribus, ad vivum delineatis ; accesserunt quoq[ue] ad margines Graeci contextus quàm plurimi, ex antiquissimis codicibus desumpti, qui Dioscoridis ipsius depravatam lectionem restituunt ; cum locupletissimis indicibus, tum ad rem herbariam, tum medicamentariam pertinentibus ; cum privilegiis amplissimis, ut videre est statim post praefationem ad lectores.
Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (1501-1577)
Category
Books
Date
1570
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3188874
Summary
Bibliographic description
[84], 956, [12] p. : ill. ; fol. (33 cm.) Extensive manuscript on final leaves ([23]p. in double columns), headed: Formulæ aliquot remedoru Guilliemi Rondelletii Libro de internis remediis omissa:-. Loosely inserted; two additional leaves of manuscript in seventeenth-century[?] hand of plant names, etc. in French. Provenance: endpaper inscribed in seventeenth-century hand: Sum ex libris Alb a gallaes; [separately beneath] "Cristine et abstine, doner transeat tempestas". Dated at head: Ao. 1604. Further script scribbled over and illegible. Title also inscribed: Ex lib Alb. Gallaes. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: seventeenth-century panelled calf; blindrolled figures, lettering and vegetal decoration; five raised bands; with metal bosses and corners, but missing clasps; five raised bands; (cracked on spine).
Makers and roles
Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (1501-1577) Jean Ruel (1474-1537)