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HERBALS]. DIOSCORIDES, PEDACIUS. De medicinali materia libri sex, Ioanne Ruellio Suessionensi interprete... Lyon: Balthazar Arnoullet, 1550. 8vo, 169 x 106 mm., contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, remnants of brass clasps. First Arnoullet edition, and the first illustrated with woodcuts by Clement Boussy. Woodcut printer's device on title and numerous woodcuts in text. Baudrier X, p. 127; NLM/Durling 1153; Nissen BBI 499. Bookplate on title verso (concealing an old library stamp); KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DIOSCORIDES, PEDACIUS. De Medicinali materia libri sex, Joanne Ruellio Suessionensi interprete... Lyon: Balthazar Arnoullet, 1552. 8vo, 167 x 105 mm., contemporary blind-stamped morocco; minor marginal soiling. Second Arnoullet issue, to which is 8 leaves figuring 30 plants not illustrated in the 1550 edition. Woodcut printer's device on title and numerous woodcuts in text. Baudrier X, p. 130; see Nissen BBI 499. Numerous early annotations on upper pastedown; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- FUCHS, LEONHARD. Historia stirpium commentarii insignes... Lyon: B. Arnoullet, 1551. 8vo, 168 x 107 mm., contemporary vellum; title with some repairs patched (some loss of text supplied in manuscript), some other preliminaries and final leaf with some holes with some loss (some repairs patched or margins renewed). Second illustrated Arnoullet edition. Adams F-1103. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (3)