Shelfmark
Ga.8.05(01)
Author
Title
De plantis exoticis libri duo Prosperi Alpini phylosophi, medici, in gymnasio Patauino medicamentorum simplicium professoris ordinarij, & Horti medici præfecti. Opus completum, editum studio, ac opera Alpini Alpini phylosophi, & medici, auctoris filij.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venetiis : Apud Io. Guerilium, M. DC. XXVIIII. [1629]
Physical description
[16], 344 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. (4to.)
Note
Illustrated with full-page engravings of botanical specimens.
Note
Engraved title-page with title inside architectural frame, and imprint at bottom edge.
Note
Includes index of specimens included.
Note
Initials; head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Register: a4-b4, A4-Z4, Aa4-Vu4.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on verso of title-page.
Binding
Contemporary mid-brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet frame; blind tooled single fillet on board edges; blind tooled double fillet on spine; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
First of two items bound in volume.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dd.5.12.
Subject
Botany Pre-Linnean works.
Subject
Materia medica Early works to 1800.
Subject
Botany Pictorial works.
Added entry--name
Alpini, Alpino, 1603? - 1637 editor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Venice
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46444