Historia naturalis Brasiliae : auspicio et beneficio illustriss. I. Mauritii Com. Nassau illius provinciae et maris summi praefecti adornata : in qua non tantum plantae et animalia, sed et indigenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur et iconibus supra quingentas illustrantur.
Piso, Willem, 1611-1678, author.; Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644. Historiae rerum naturalium Brasiliae libri octo.; Laet, Joannes de, 1581-1649.; Hackius, Franciscus, active 1638-1664, printer.; Elzevir, Louis, 1604-1670, printer.; Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson), 1871-1948, former owner.; Massey, Mary P., former owner.
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Historia naturalis Brasiliae : auspicio et beneficio illustriss. I. Mauritii Com. Nassau illius provinciae et maris summi praefecti adornata : in qua non tantum plantae et animalia, sed et indigenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur et iconibus supra quingentas illustrantur.
Created/published
Lugdun. Batauorum : Apud Franciscum Hackium, et Amstelodami, apud Lud. Elzevirium, 1648.
Description
[12], 122, [10], 293, [7] p. : ill. ; 39 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Note
Signatures: *⁶ A-P⁴ Q², ²[dagger]⁴ ²A-2O⁴ ²2P².
Added title page (leaf *2) reads: Guilielmi Pisonis ... De medicina Brasiliensi libri quatuor: I. De aëre, aquis, & locis. II. De morbis endemiis. III. De venenatis & antidotis. IV. De facultatibus simplicium. Et GeorgI MarcgravI de Leibstad ... Historiae rerum naturalium Brasiliae libri octo: Quorum tres priores agunt de plantis. Quartus de piscibus. Quintus de avibus. Sextus de quadrupedibus & serpentibus. Septimus de insectis. Octavus de ipsa regione, & illius incolis. cum appendice de tapuyis, et Chilensibus Ioannes de Laet ...
Marggraf's works have special half-title and separate pagination and signatures.
Engraved title page
"First edition of a pioneer work on tropical medicine. The second edition was published with the title 'De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri XIV' in Amsterdam in 1658"--Hunt, R.M.M. Botanical books, 244.
Includes index.
Errata on leaves *6 and ℗[dagger]4.
Added title page (leaf *2) reads: Guilielmi Pisonis ... De medicina Brasiliensi libri quatuor: I. De aëre, aquis, & locis. II. De morbis endemiis. III. De venenatis & antidotis. IV. De facultatibus simplicium. Et GeorgI MarcgravI de Leibstad ... Historiae rerum naturalium Brasiliae libri octo: Quorum tres priores agunt de plantis. Quartus de piscibus. Quintus de avibus. Sextus de quadrupedibus & serpentibus. Septimus de insectis. Octavus de ipsa regione, & illius incolis. cum appendice de tapuyis, et Chilensibus Ioannes de Laet ...
Marggraf's works have special half-title and separate pagination and signatures.
Engraved title page
"First edition of a pioneer work on tropical medicine. The second edition was published with the title 'De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri XIV' in Amsterdam in 1658"--Hunt, R.M.M. Botanical books, 244.
Includes index.
Errata on leaves *6 and ℗[dagger]4.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992-1993. New World of Wonders (catalog entry 34)
Cited/described in
Copinger, H.B. Elzevier Press, 3631
Willems, A. Elzevier, 1068
Rahir, E. Elzevier, 1077
Berghman, G. Suppl. à Willems, 312
Sabin 63028
Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus lit. botanicae, 7157
Nissen, C. Die botanische Buchillustration, 1533
Hunt botanical cat., 244
Moraes, R.B. de. Bibl. Brasiliana, p. 152-153
Willems, A. Elzevier, 1068
Rahir, E. Elzevier, 1077
Berghman, G. Suppl. à Willems, 312
Sabin 63028
Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus lit. botanicae, 7157
Nissen, C. Die botanische Buchillustration, 1533
Hunt botanical cat., 244
Moraes, R.B. de. Bibl. Brasiliana, p. 152-153
Includes
Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644. Historiae rerum naturalium Brasiliae libri octo.
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
Netherlands -- Leiden.
Netherlands -- Leiden.
Item Details
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245- 321f
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: in half vellum over marbled paper boards; gold-stamped label and gold tooling on spine; marbled endpapers; edges stained red. Modern manuscript leaf with bibliographical note affixed to front free endpaper. Bookplate: Ex libris Jacobi P.R. Lyell. Bookplate: Mary P. Massey. Folger copy reclassified from 53f