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HERBALS]. DIOSCORIDES, PEDACIUS. De medicinali materia [ed. Jean Ruelle]. Bologna: Cynthio Achillini, 1526. 8vo, 146 x 106 mm., sixteenth-century blindstamped pigskin, worn, lacks ties, later spine label. Woodcut titlepage border (an array of musical instruments), woodcut printer's device at end. Second edition of Ruelle's recension (first published Paris 1516). Rare. BMC/STC Ital, 218. -- ORTA, GARCIA D' and MONARDES, NICHOLAS. Dell'Historia de i semplici aromati...dall'Indie Orientali...dall'Indie Occidentali. Venice: Heredi di Francesco Ziletti, 1589. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo, 162 x 104 mm. contemporary vellum, gilt spine label, worn, boards painted yellow, front hinge cracked, two small stamps on titlepage, scattered soiling, some headlines cropped by binder. Woodcuts in the text, some full-page. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- ANGUILLARA, LUIGI. Semplici...liquali in piu pereri á diversi nobili huomini scritti. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi 1561. 8vo, 158 x 107 mm. contemporary limp vellum, worn, titlepage soiled, stained, and with small marginal tear, a few leaves browned. FIRST EDITION. Durling 224; Pritzel 187. Giovanmaria Crispo, 1709, inscription on titlepage; J.B. Holzinger, bookplate; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- [GESNER, CONRAD]. Tesauro de Euonomo Filatro de remedi secreti. Venice: Sessa fratelli 1556. 8vo, 151 x 100 mm., contemporary limp vellum, rubbed, new endleaves, small stain to title, small repair to upper corner of first eight leaves, last leaf dampstained. FIRST ITALIAN EDITION of Gesner's Thesaurus Euonymi Philiatri , 1552. Woodcut device on title, woodcuts in the text. Durling 2085; Wellisch 32.20. -- CRESCENZI, PIETRO DE. D'Agricultura. Venice: Bernardino Bindoni, 1542. 8vo, 155 x 105 mm., eighteenth-century half brown calf and marbled paper boards, g.e., gutter margin of title defective and patched, catching a few letters . Woodcut capitals. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- ESTIENNE, CHARLES. Seminario, over plantario de gli alberi [ with :] Vineto...i nomi latini antichi [ with :] Le herbe, fiori, stirpi, che si plantano. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi 1555. 3 vols. in 1, 8vo, 163 x 110 mm., contemporary limp vellum, worn, light dampstains to latter portion. FIRST EDITIONS IN ITALIAN. Woodcut printer's device on titlepages. Durling 1397; 1400; 1401. Together 6 vols. (5)