1561 PHARMACOPEIA ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL PLANTS by SANSOVINO antique 16th CENTURY

DELLA MATERIA MEDICINALE
libri quattro

(four books on medicinal mattrer)

by Sansovino, Francesco

Venice, Valvassori; 1561


Printer's mark on the title page, woodcut friezes and drop caps, numerous woodcut illustrations of plants in the text,


Lacks 4 leaves,  upper margin cut short

Later vellum binding with manuscript title and date on the spine

Rare original edition of this important pharmacopoeia divided into four parts, edited by Francesco Sansovino (Wellcome 636.)

Size 6 by 7 3/4 inches

Text in Italian
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Francesco Tatti da Sansovino (1521–1586) was a versatile Italian scholar, humanist (one of the most important of his century) and man of letters, also known as a publisher.
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