(PERU) Sebastiano Bado [Baldí] Anastasis corticis peruviae;

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(PERU.) Sebastiano Bado [Baldí]. Anastasis corticis peruviae; seu chinae chinae defensio. [32], 278 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, backstrip frayed; rear hinge split, lacking rear free endpaper; marca de fuego on top edge. Genoa: P.G. Calenzani, 1663

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Discusses the introduction of Peruvian cinchona bark, the source of quinine, to Europe.

Many copies (such as at the National Central Library of Rome) are found bound with an unrelated work by the same author, "Phlebotomiae necessitas," plus an index covering both works, and 4 extra preliminary leaves. Others like the present copy and the one at the National Library of Austria were issued with fewer preliminaries, no "Phlebotomiae Necessitas" and no index.

European Americana 663/8; Garrison-Morton 1826; Palau 22395 (no collation). None traced at auction since 1998.