DURANTE, Castore (1520-1590). Herbario Nuovo . Venice: Giunta, 1636.
DURANTE, Castore (1520-1590). Herbario Nuovo . Venice: Giunta, 1636. 4 o (244 x 171 mm). Numerous woodcuts of plants and genre scenes in text, 19pp. of additional woodcuts after the text. (Spotting, staining throughout, a few leaves dampstained.) Contemporary Italian quarter sheep and paper covered boards, paper label on spine (light rubbing and wear to edges, upper joint starting). Provenance : Dr. D.L. Gatti (early inscription partially effaced on pastedown); O Mundo Do Livro (bookseller's ticket on pastedown). Third edition. "This was a popular Italian herbal that was reprinted in Italian, and translated and published in several other languages, for a number of years. The plant descriptions are written in the form of poems which Arber describes as 'pleasingly unscientific.' The Linnean genus Duranta , formerly Castorea , is named for the author" (Hunt). Cleveland Collections 193, HA Copy this copy; Hunt 229; Nissen BBI 569; Pritzel 2552.
DURANTE, Castore (1520-1590). Herbario Nuovo . Venice: Giunta, 1636.
DURANTE, Castore (1520-1590). Herbario Nuovo . Venice: Giunta, 1636. 4 o (244 x 171 mm). Numerous woodcuts of plants and genre scenes in text, 19pp. of additional woodcuts after the text. (Spotting, staining throughout, a few leaves dampstained.) Contemporary Italian quarter sheep and paper covered boards, paper label on spine (light rubbing and wear to edges, upper joint starting). Provenance : Dr. D.L. Gatti (early inscription partially effaced on pastedown); O Mundo Do Livro (bookseller's ticket on pastedown). Third edition. "This was a popular Italian herbal that was reprinted in Italian, and translated and published in several other languages, for a number of years. The plant descriptions are written in the form of poems which Arber describes as 'pleasingly unscientific.' The Linnean genus Duranta , formerly Castorea , is named for the author" (Hunt). Cleveland Collections 193, HA Copy this copy; Hunt 229; Nissen BBI 569; Pritzel 2552.
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