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HERBALS]. DIOSCORIDES, PEDACIUS. De Medica materia Libri sex. Interprete Marcello Virgilio Secretario Florentino cum eiusdem annotationibus... [Florence: Philippe Junta, 1518]. Folio, 286 x 194 mm., eighteenth-century half calf, joints rubbed; some scattered wormholes at beginning penetrating approximately 20 leaves (occasionally touching letters), minor marginal staining on title and a few leaves, final leaf loose. First edition of Marcello Vergilio's Latin translation. Title printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device on final leaf. NLM/Durling 1141. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DURANTE, CASTORE. Herbario nuovo... Venice: Giunti, 1636. 4to, 249 x 177 mm., contemporary limp vellum; minor marginal dampstaining. Pritzel 2552. "ex Lib. Josephi Arnoult...," early inscription on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- CHABRÉE, DOMINIQUE. Omnium Stirpuium Sciagraphia et Icones... Geneva: Samuelis de Tournes, 1677. Folio, 370 x 230, early boards, uncut. A variant 1677 edition with unrecorded publisher. Engraved additional title (from the first 1666 edition), title vignette, and numerous illustrations in text. See Hunt 349; see Nissen BBI 345. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (3)