1626 – Kreuterbuch – Mattioli | Famous Herbal with Hand-colored Botany Woodcuts

1626 – Kreuterbuch – Mattioli | Famous Herbal with Hand-colored Botany Woodcuts

Pietro Mattioli was an important 16^th-century Tuscan physician whose medical and botanical treatises were reliable and accurate for centuries after first published. Perhaps his most famous treatise, ‘Kreutterbuch,’ is one of the most important illustrated herbal and horticultural books to ever be published. According to ‘Heirs of Hippocrates,’

“In this commentary on Dioscorides, Mattioli prepared what many authorities now regard as the encyclopedia of Renaissance pharmacology. He studied hundreds of plants, examined and described them fully, added many new species, and provided excellent illustrations which were far superior to those of any previous work in the field.” (HoH 141)

This 1626 German edition is one of the most desirable 17^th-century editions of Mattioli, based exactly on the 1586 edition. This printing is known for its lavish illustrations – views of hundreds of animals, plants, and distillation methods – hand-colored!

Item number: #26591

Price: $1950

MATTIOLI, Pietro Andrea Gregorio

Kreuterbuch deß hochgelehrten und weitberühmbten Herrn Petri Andreae Matthioli

Franckfurt am Mayn: Fischer, 1626.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [68] 460p, [55],
    • first 19 pages provided in facsimile
    • final 16 pages provided in facsimile
  • Numerous engravings throughout
• References: Heirs of Hippocrates, 141; Wellcome IV, 81; Schmid, Uber Alte Krauterbucher;
• Provenance: Handwritten
  • Madame de Bassompierre
• Language: German
• Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
• Size: ~14.75in X 10in (37.5cm x 25.5cm)

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