DURANTE, CASTORE. Herbario nuovo...con Figure che rappresentano le vive Piante, che nascono in tutta Europa, & nell'Indie Orientali, & Occidentali. Rome: Jacomo Bericchia and Jacomo Tornieri, 1585 [colophon: Bartholomeo Bonfadino & Tito Diani]. Folio, 305 x 213 mm., contemporary limp vellum; some leaves with browning, some minor foxing, few minor marginal stains. FIRST EDITION of this pietistic herbal. Woodcut religious symbol on title, woodcut emblem at end, 2 woodcut portraits, and over 950 woodcuts in text. Hunt 151 (with a variant title imprint); Nissen BBI 569; Pritzel 2552 (same variant title as Hunt); Wellcome I, 1960; NLM/Durling 1342. The woodcuts are based on Fuchs and Mattioli, although many include charming genre scenes. "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 after the author" (Hunt). Provenance : Jesuit College of Rome with early inscription and stamps on title (and printed ex-bibliotheca label on upper pastedown) -- Edward Sandford Burgess, bookplate -- Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate.
DURANTE, CASTORE. Herbario nuovo...con Figure che rappresentano le vive Piante, che nascono in tutta Europa, & nell'Indie Orientali, & Occidentali. Rome: Jacomo Bericchia and Jacomo Tornieri, 1585 [colophon: Bartholomeo Bonfadino & Tito Diani]. Folio, 305 x 213 mm., contemporary limp vellum; some leaves with browning, some minor foxing, few minor marginal stains. FIRST EDITION of this pietistic herbal. Woodcut religious symbol on title, woodcut emblem at end, 2 woodcut portraits, and over 950 woodcuts in text. Hunt 151 (with a variant title imprint); Nissen BBI 569; Pritzel 2552 (same variant title as Hunt); Wellcome I, 1960; NLM/Durling 1342. The woodcuts are based on Fuchs and Mattioli, although many include charming genre scenes. "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 after the author" (Hunt). Provenance : Jesuit College of Rome with early inscription and stamps on title (and printed ex-bibliotheca label on upper pastedown) -- Edward Sandford Burgess, bookplate -- Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate.
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