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PISO, Willem - MARCGRAVE, Georg - DE BONDT, Jacob. De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri quatuordecim, quorum contenta pagina sequens exhibet. Amsterdam, Lowijs III and Daniel Elzevir, 1658 2 parts in one volume in-folio. 345x220 mm. Coeval vellum binding, title on spine gusset. Pages (12),38, (1), (12), 327 [i.e. 329], (5); 226, (2). Repeated in numbering p. 248-249 of the first work. Over 400 woodcut illustrations in the text. Woodworm mark in inner margins of first fascicle, restoration in inner margin of fascicle T, two preliminary papers of the first part (*5-6) bound after *2, fascicle 'a-c⁶ d²' (containing Georg Marcgrave's Tractatus Topographicus) is bound between fascicle * and fascicle 2*⁶. Slight traces of use, overall good copy with wide margins. Rare expanded second edition, beautifully illustrated. Fundamental work on Brazil and the medicine of the tropics. Garrison-Morton: "A pioneer work on tropical medicine and the largest work from the standpoint of format published by the Elzevirs." The work details native uses of plants and animals for diseases and provides the most extensive documentation of Brazilian flora and fauna in the 17th century. It is an extensively revised and expanded second edition of Piso's Historia naturalis brasiliae with a new chapter by Piso on aromatic plants, additional chapters by Jacob Bontius, and about 150 additional woodcuts. The woodcuts include depictions of birds, animals, fish, plants, trees and reptiles. Piso was the first to separate framboesia (a contagious tropical skin disease) from syphilis and introduced to Europe the shrub ipecacuanha, which was used as an emetic, diaphoretic and purgative. This edition collects several works, as listed in c. *2r. The pagezine begins again for: Gregorii Macgravii de Liebstad, Tractatus topographicus & meteorologicus Brasiliae, which contains the chapters on the natural history of Chile and Iacobi Bontii, ... Historiae naturalis & medicae Indiae orientalis. Borba de Moraes p.676f; Nissen, BBI 1533; Nissen, IVB 589; Hunt 280; Garrison-Morton 1825; Bosch 109 II; Willems 1236; Pritzel 7157. 2 parts in a folio volume; 345x220 mm. Contemporary parchment binding, gilt title on red label on the spine. Pages (12),38, (1), (12), 327 [i.e. 329], (5); 226, (2). Repeated in the numbering the p. 248-249 of the first work. Over 400 woodcut illustrations in the text. Trace of woodworm in the inner margins of the first quire, restoration in the inner margin of quire T, two preliminary leaves of the first part (*5-6) bound after *2, the quire 'a-c⁶ d²' (which contains the Tractatus Topographicus of Georg Marcgrave) is bound between quire* and quire 2*⁶. Slight traces of wear, overall a good copy with wide margins. Rare second expanded edition, beautifully illustrated. Fundamental work on Brazil and tropical medicine. Garrison-Morton: "A pioneer work on tropical medicine and the largest work from the standpoint of format published by the Elzevirs." The work details native uses of plants and animals for disease and provides the most extensive documentation of Brazilian flora and fauna in the 17th century. This is an extensively revised and enlarged second edition of Piso's Historia naturalis brasiliae with a new chapter by Piso on aromatic plants, additional chapters by Jacob Bontius, and approximately 150 additional woodcuts. The woodcuts include depictions of birds, animals, fish, plants, trees and reptiles. Piso was the first to separate yaws (a contagious tropical skin disease) from syphilis and introduced the ipecacuanha shrub to Europe which was used as an emetic, diaphoretic and purgative. This edition collects several works, as listed on c. *2r. The page starts again for: Gregorii Macgravii de Liebstad, Tractatus topographicus & meteorologicus Brasiliae, which contains the chapters on the natural history of Chile and Iacobi Bontii, ... Historiae naturalis & medicae Indiae orientalis.

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PISO, Willem - MARCGRAVE, Georg - DE BONDT, Jacob. De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri quatuordecim, quorum contenta pagina sequens exhibet. Amsterdam, Lowijs III and Daniel Elzevir, 1658 2 parts in one volume in-folio. 345x220 mm. Coeval vellum binding, title on spine gusset. Pages (12),38, (1), (12), 327 [i.e. 329], (5); 226, (2). Repeated in numbering p. 248-249 of the first work. Over 400 woodcut illustrations in the text. Woodworm mark in inner margins of first fascicle, restoration in inner margin of fascicle T, two preliminary papers of the first part (*5-6) bound after *2, fascicle 'a-c⁶ d²' (containing Georg Marcgrave's Tractatus Topographicus) is bound between fascicle * and fascicle 2*⁶. Slight traces of use, overall good copy with wide margins. Rare expanded second edition, beautifully illustrated. Fundamental work on Brazil and the medicine of the tropics. Garrison-Morton: "A pioneer work on tropical medicine and the largest work from the standpoint of format published by the Elzevirs." The work details native uses of plants and animals for diseases and provides the most extensive documentation of Brazilian flora and fauna in the 17th century. It is an extensively revised and expanded second edition of Piso's Historia naturalis brasiliae with a new chapter by Piso on aromatic plants, additional chapters by Jacob Bontius, and about 150 additional woodcuts. The woodcuts include depictions of birds, animals, fish, plants, trees and reptiles. Piso was the first to separate framboesia (a contagious tropical skin disease) from syphilis and introduced to Europe the shrub ipecacuanha, which was used as an emetic, diaphoretic and purgative. This edition collects several works, as listed in c. *2r. The pagezine begins again for: Gregorii Macgravii de Liebstad, Tractatus topographicus & meteorologicus Brasiliae, which contains the chapters on the natural history of Chile and Iacobi Bontii, ... Historiae naturalis & medicae Indiae orientalis. Borba de Moraes p.676f; Nissen, BBI 1533; Nissen, IVB 589; Hunt 280; Garrison-Morton 1825; Bosch 109 II; Willems 1236; Pritzel 7157. 2 parts in a folio volume; 345x220 mm. Contemporary parchment binding, gilt title on red label on the spine. Pages (12),38, (1), (12), 327 [i.e. 329], (5); 226, (2). Repeated in the numbering the p. 248-249 of the first work. Over 400 woodcut illustrations in the text. Trace of woodworm in the inner margins of the first quire, restoration in the inner margin of quire T, two preliminary leaves of the first part (*5-6) bound after *2, the quire 'a-c⁶ d²' (which contains the Tractatus Topographicus of Georg Marcgrave) is bound between quire* and quire 2*⁶. Slight traces of wear, overall a good copy with wide margins. Rare second expanded edition, beautifully illustrated. Fundamental work on Brazil and tropical medicine. Garrison-Morton: "A pioneer work on tropical medicine and the largest work from the standpoint of format published by the Elzevirs." The work details native uses of plants and animals for disease and provides the most extensive documentation of Brazilian flora and fauna in the 17th century. This is an extensively revised and enlarged second edition of Piso's Historia naturalis brasiliae with a new chapter by Piso on aromatic plants, additional chapters by Jacob Bontius, and approximately 150 additional woodcuts. The woodcuts include depictions of birds, animals, fish, plants, trees and reptiles. Piso was the first to separate yaws (a contagious tropical skin disease) from syphilis and introduced the ipecacuanha shrub to Europe which was used as an emetic, diaphoretic and purgative. This edition collects several works, as listed on c. *2r. The page starts again for: Gregorii Macgravii de Liebstad, Tractatus topographicus & meteorologicus Brasiliae, which contains the chapters on the natural history of Chile and Iacobi Bontii, ... Historiae naturalis & medicae Indiae orientalis.

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