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DURANTE, Castore (1520-1590). Herbario Nuovo. Venice: Giunta, 1636.
4o (244 x 171 mm). Numerous woodcuts of plants and genre scenes in text, 19pp. of additional woodcuts after the text. (Spotting, staining throughout, a few leaves dampstained.) Contemporary Italian quarter sheep and paper covered boards, paper label on spine (light rubbing and wear to edges, upper joint starting). Provenance: Dr. D.L. Gatti (early inscription partially effaced on pastedown); O Mundo Do Livro (bookseller's ticket on pastedown).
Third edition. "This was a popular Italian herbal that was reprinted in Italian, and translated and published in several other languages, for a number of years. The plant descriptions are written in the form of poems which Arber describes as 'pleasingly unscientific.' The Linnean genus Duranta, formerly Castorea, is named for the author" (Hunt). Cleveland Collections 193, HA Copy this copy; Hunt 229; Nissen BBI 569; Pritzel 2552.
4o (244 x 171 mm). Numerous woodcuts of plants and genre scenes in text, 19pp. of additional woodcuts after the text. (Spotting, staining throughout, a few leaves dampstained.) Contemporary Italian quarter sheep and paper covered boards, paper label on spine (light rubbing and wear to edges, upper joint starting). Provenance: Dr. D.L. Gatti (early inscription partially effaced on pastedown); O Mundo Do Livro (bookseller's ticket on pastedown).
Third edition. "This was a popular Italian herbal that was reprinted in Italian, and translated and published in several other languages, for a number of years. The plant descriptions are written in the form of poems which Arber describes as 'pleasingly unscientific.' The Linnean genus Duranta, formerly Castorea, is named for the author" (Hunt). Cleveland Collections 193, HA Copy this copy; Hunt 229; Nissen BBI 569; Pritzel 2552.