Matthiolus Pietro Andréa - Les commentaires de M.P. Matthiol - Lot 3

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Matthiolus Pietro Andréa - Les commentaires de M.P. Matthiol - Lot 3
Matthiolus Pietro Andréa - Les commentaires de M.P. Matthiolus, médecin Senois, sur les six livres de Pedacius Dioscoride Anazarbeen, de la matière médicinale ; Traduit par Mr Antoine du Pinet. Lyon, by Claude Rigaud and Claude Obert, 1627. 1 volume in-folio, bound in full 19th century shagreen, smooth spine with gilt title and fleurons. Binding faded, jaws partly cracked, corners damaged. Collated and complete : false-title, title 8 ff.n.c.(epistle) -48 ff.n.c. (table) - 7 ff.n.c.(preface) 603 pp. - 16 ff. n.c.(table). Staining in the upper margin on the whole volume, then generalized at the end. Small paper losses on the last few table leaves with restorations, without loss of text. A modest copy. Comments on medicine by Discorides Pedanius, born in Cilicia, in Anazarb. This Greek from Asia Minor studied medicine in Alexandria and then in Athens where he was a student of Theophrastus. Uncommon work in an early 17th century edition. Many woodcuts of plants and animals, all the medical remedies known at the time, and a last chapter on the distillation of plants. Text in French.
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