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Anonymous. Herbolario Volgare, nel qual e le virtu de le herbe, & molti altri simplici sec dechiarano, con alcune belle aggionte novamente de latino in volgare tradutto. Venice, Giovanni Andrea Vavassore, 1534.
Rare, second Italian-language edition (first 1522) of the Herbarius latinus, an important document for the dissemination of botanical/medical knowledge in popular culture, particularly for the adoption of this originally German-printed Latin work for readers in the Veneto. With 150 nearly full-page woodcut illustrations of plants.
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CESALPINO, Andrea. De Metallicis libri tres. Rome, Aloysius Zanetti, 1596.
A lovely copy of the first edition of this famous compendium on metals by the remarkable Renaissance scientist Andrea Cesalpino whose achievements in several fields are celebrated in every standard history of science.
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With a New Definition of 'Flower'
& Over 1300 Woodcuts
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DODOENS, Rembert. Stirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex Sive Libri XXX. Antwerp, Plantin, 1583.
First edition of Dodoens' summation of his botany, the most comprehensive botanical work, incorporating material from a number of his earlier books, including the Cruyderboeck.
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GARCIA CAVALLERO, Joseph. Theorica y practica de la arte de Ensayar. Oro, Plata y Vellon rico. Danse Reglas para Ligar, Triligar, Alear. y Reducir Qualesquiera Cantidades de Oro, y Plata a la Ley del Reyno. Madrid, Agustin Fernandez, 1713.
Very rare first and sole edition of this professional guide to assaying gold, silver and assorted precious metals by a practicing Madrid assayer, of interest for the international as well as mercantile history of Spain in the last years of her imperial period.
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With A Portrait Of The Author Signed Brustolon
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TANARON, Pietro Paolo. L'ostetrica; ovvero, L'arte di raccogliere i parti e di soccorre le donne nelle malatt che accompagnano la loro gravidanza, ed in quelle che soppravvengono loro dopo il parto; e di sollevare i bambini nelle loro malttdopo la nascita. Venice, G. Zerletti, 1769.
Rare, second edition and a mint copy of this popular Italian illustrated obstetrics guide.
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