Simplicium Medicamentorum ex novo orbe delatorum, quorum in medicina usus est, historia, Hispanico sermone descripta a D. Nicolao Monardis, Hispalensi Medico.
Antwerp: Plantini, 1579.
Latio deinde donata & annotationibus, iconibusque affabre depictis illustrata a Carolo Clusio atrebate. Illustrated by with 13 woodcuts (8 are full-page). Printer's device on title page. 84, [4]pp. Thin 12mo, 19thc century boards with paper spine label. Antverpiae: Christophori Plantini, 1579. Altera editio. Text in Latin, translated by Clusius [Charles de l'Escluse]. A fine clean copy.
An excellent clean copy of this very scarce book - OCLC lists only 10 copies. This is a somewhat altered version of the 3rd part of Monardes' Historia Medicinal de las Cosas que se Traen en Nuestras Indias Occidentales, first published in 1574 as an addition to first two parts (1565 &1569). --Adams M1593; Doublet 93; Sabin 49942; Alden & Landis 579/39; Pritzel 6366 (1582 ed.)
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Language: Latin
Price: $5,500.00
Item #168102