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Piso, Willem; Georg Markgraf; & Jacob de Bondt. Indiae Utriusque Re Naturali et Medica.
Amsterdam: Apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios, 1658.
Folio, second enlarged edition, three parts in one volume, illustrated with engraved title and more than 400 text woodcuts of natural subjects; containing additional information on the natural history of Brazil not included in the first edition; disbound, with original detached and clumsily repaired boards included; all housed in a pre-made acid-free box; (some tears, including one repaired tear that enters the text; marginal water staining along the gutter at the end of the text); 14 x 8 3/4 in.
The Dutch naturalists who composed this work conducted their research in Brazil in the 1630s, on the northeast coast of Brazil controlled at that time by the Dutch West India Company. The pages are filled with images of indigenous fish, insects, crustaceans, plants, snakes, frogs, mushrooms and mammals. Small vignettes depict European-run sugarcane and cassava processing, showing Black workers taking direction from Dutch overseers. Many species, hitherto unknown to European colonizers, retain their original local names and are identified as such in the text. These early scientists were also interested in medical ailments of Brazil, along with potential botanical remedies hiding in the rain forest.
