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DURANTE, Castor (1529-1590). Herbario nuovo . Venice: Hertz, 1684.
A skilfully restored copy, complete with over 900 woodcuts of medicinal plants from Europe and the East and West Indies. Each species includes, in addition to the illustration, name, form, place, quality, virtues. The final appendix is devoted to exotic plants such as tea, coffee and cocoa.Folio, (330 x 224). 907 woodcuts in text, illustrated printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials and vignettes (professional restorations to margins throughout volume, rarely with loss of text, repaired losses to page 353 and last leaf). Modern binding in antique style in full vellum, title lettered to spine in manuscript. Provenance: some contemporary notes to the endpapers and first blank leaf. (1)
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
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ALAMANNI, Louis (1495-1556). Girone il cortese. Venice: Comin da Trino, 1549.
ALAMANNI, Louis (1495-1556). Girone il cortese. Venice: Comin da Trino, 1549.
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300
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AMMIRATO, Scipione (1531-1601). Dell'istorie fiorentine. Florence: Giunti, 1600.
AMMIRATO, Scipione (1531-1601). Dell'istorie fiorentine. Florence: Giunti, 1600.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500
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AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (354-430). De la cita di dio. Venice: Bartolommeo Miscomini, 1476-78.
AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (354-430). De la cita di dio. Venice: Bartolommeo Miscomini, 1476-78.
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1.200