Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 355

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MATTIOLI, PIETRO ANDREA. De plantis epitome utilissima. Edited by Joachim Camerarius. Botanical woodcuts throughout. [12], 1003, [29] pages. Folio, 223x178 mm, contemporary vellum boards, shelf number stamped in black on spine; lower portion of contents dampstained with traces of mold, worming in lower margin of first and last several leaves affecting imprint on title. Bookplates of the John Crerar and University of Chicago Libraries with release stamps, Crerar Library perforated stamp on title; linen folding case. Frankfurt am Main: Johann Feyerabend, 1586

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first camerarius edition of a digest of Mattioli's 1554 commentary on the 1st-century A.D. materia medica of Dioscorides. Durling 3029; Hunt 153; Nissen BBI 1308.