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ORTA, GARCIA DA. Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia. 27 botanical text woodcuts. 227, [5] pages. 8vo, 167x109 mm, modern boards; contents browned, occasional heavy soiling, small dampstain in upper margins toward end, blank lower outer corner of B1 restored. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1574
Second edition, revised, of the 1567 Latin translation by Charles de l'Escluse. 'The first account of Indian materia medica and the first textbook on tropical medicine written by a European'--Garrison-Morton 1815 (1563 original edition in Portuguese). Alden 574/41; Durling 3415 (this edition).
