PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA PEEK GILGER, M.D.
MURILLO DE VELARDE, Tomas de. Tratado de raras, y peregrinas yervas... y la diferencia que ay entre el antiguo Abrotano, y la natural, y legitima planta Buphthalmo. Y unas anotaciones a las yerbas Mandragoras, Macho y Hembra. Madrid: Francisco Sanz, 1674.
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MURILLO DE VELARDE, Tomas de. Tratado de raras, y peregrinas yervas... y la diferencia que ay entre el antiguo Abrotano, y la natural, y legitima planta Buphthalmo. Y unas anotaciones a las yerbas Mandragoras, Macho y Hembra. Madrid: Francisco Sanz, 1674.
4o (198 x 140 mm). Engraved coat-of-arms on title and 4 engraved illustations in text. 19th-century half morocco and marbled boards (light rubbing to sides). Provenance: purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, 1970.
FIRST EDITION. An extremely rare botanical work including accounts of the magic qualities and properties of the mandrake (mandragora) plant. The author was court physician to Philip IV. Palau 186227; Pritzel 6562.
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FIRST EDITION. An extremely rare botanical work including accounts of the magic qualities and properties of the mandrake (mandragora) plant. The author was court physician to Philip IV. Palau 186227; Pritzel 6562.