PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA PEEK GILGER, M.D.
PISO, Willem. De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri quattuordecim. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1658.
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PISO, Willem. De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica libri quattuordecim. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1658.
2o (352 x 215 mm). Engraved title and 650 woodcut illustrations in text (some dampstaining and scattered light spotting). Contemporary calf, edges gilt (some wear to spine and corners). Provenance: purchased from Rousseau Girard, 1970.
Second enlarged edition with further chapters by Jacob Bontius added to the first edition titled Historia naturalis Brasiliae (see previous lot). Hunt 280; Nissen BBI 1533.
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Second enlarged edition with further chapters by Jacob Bontius added to the first edition titled Historia naturalis Brasiliae (see previous lot). Hunt 280; Nissen BBI 1533.