57 - Biology - Botany - Matthiolus, Petrus Andreas. A New and Complete Book on Herbs, Covering All Kinds of Plants—Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs—Found in Germany, Italy, France, and Other Parts of the World. In which … excellent remedies for all diseases … are described. Very useful to all physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, gardeners, housekeepers, and lovers of the art of medicine … Now, however, as a new work … improved and expanded by Bernhard Verzascha. With over 1,000 botanical woodcuts in the text, some based on works by Jobst Amman. Basel, Decker, 1678. 3 (instead of 4; a copy bound in) leaves, 792 pp., 36 leaves. 34.5 x 22 cm. Contemporary blind-stamped leather binding over wooden boards (binding restored, clasps missing).

Biology - Botany - Matthiolus, Petrus Andreas. A New and Complete Book on Herbs, Covering All Kinds of Plants—Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs—Found in Germany, Italy, France, and Other Parts of the World. In which … excellent remedies for all diseases … are described. Very useful to all physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, gardeners, housekeepers, and lovers of the art of medicine … Now, however, as a new work … improved and expanded by Bernhard Verzascha. With over 1,000 botanical woodcuts in the text, some based on works by Jobst Amman. Basel, Decker, 1678. 3 (instead of 4; a copy bound in) leaves, 792 pp., 36 leaves. 34.5 x 22 cm. Contemporary blind-stamped leather binding over wooden boards (binding restored, clasps missing). VD17 23:294577K - Nissen BBI 1311 - cf. Heilmann 262 - Becker, Amman 46 d (erroneously dated 1578). - Expanded German edition of the herbal, prized for its beautiful woodcuts, edited by Bernhard Verzascha (Hirsch/Hübotter V, 736f). - “Matthiolus, a distinguished Italian physician and scholar, and an outstanding humanist, drew upon classical knowledge—particularly that of Dioscorides—in his herbal books, in keeping with the intellectual spirit of the Renaissance. His books appealed especially to the scholarly community. He wrote mostly in Italian, which facilitated translations ... Above all, he strove for a scholarly revival of the ancient classics. As a result of his work, all earlier works became superfluous to scholars and were set aside as obsolete. His best-known work is the magnificent edition published in 1568 by Valgrisius in Venice: “Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis” ... His most beautiful work features full-page illustrations that were particularly well-received by the public.” (Heilmann). - Title page, 1 leaf of the dedicatory preface, and the poem dedicated to Bernhard Verzascha, with missing paper in the margins, have been supplemented; these pages and text sections are reproduced in facsimile on yellowish paper: title engraving, portrait of Bernhard Verzascha, 1 leaf from the dedicatory preface, pp. 1/2 (the first 6 and last 3 lines of each), pp. 3/4, p. /8 (the last 5 lines), pp. 9/10 (the first 6 and last 4 lines of each), and the last 6 sheets of the index. - Slightly browned and with foxing, with some water stains in places. *