HERNÁNDEZ, FRANCISCO. Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus sev plantarum, animalium, mineralium mexicanorum,... Rome: Vitalis Mascardi, 1649 (imprimatur leaf dated 1651). Bound in 2 vols. with a 1651 engraved title cut round and mounted at front of second volume. Folio, 374 x 248 mm. (14¾ x 9¾ in.), modern quarter morocco, rubbed, lacks a printed title in red and black, E1, E6 (in vol. I) and M2, M3 (in vol. II) supplied from smaller copy, occasional leaves severely browned or spotted throughout, old library marks on titles (some erased) and a few other places. Reissue of the Latin translation of 1628. Engraved titles, with small map of Mexico (one trimmed and laid down), numerous woodcut illustrations and engraved music at p. 717. Hunt 247; Nissen BBI 861 and ZBI 1908a; Palau 113538; See previous for an unsophisticated copy printed on smaller and thinner paper. Sold not subject to return.