PISO, Willem (1611-1678) (author and editor). De Indiae Utriusque re Naturali et Medica libri quatuordecim, Amsterdam: Louis & Daniel Elzevier, 1658, 2°, engraved title, wood-engraved illustrations (library markings on *2 and T2, dampstained, occasional light browning, tear to BB1), contemporary vellum with stamped arms of Adam Leopolt Freyher von Printz (stained, tear along one joint). [Nissen BBI 1533; Sabin 63029; Willems 1236]

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PISO, Willem (1611-1678) (author and editor). De Indiae Utriusque re Naturali et Medica libri quatuordecim, Amsterdam: Louis & Daniel Elzevier, 1658, 2°, engraved title, wood-engraved illustrations (library markings on *2 and T2, dampstained, occasional light browning, tear to BB1), contemporary vellum with stamped arms of Adam Leopolt Freyher von Printz (stained, tear along one joint). [Nissen BBI 1533; Sabin 63029; Willems 1236]

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A compilation of treatises by Piso, Georg Marcgraf and Jacobus Bontius on the natural history of Brazil. Regarded as a pioneer of tropical medicine, Piso was a Dutch pharmacist who served as physician to a Dutch settlement in Brazil between 1633 and 1644. The work was first published in 1648 and although the woodcuts are reproductions from the first edition, the text has been rewritten.

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