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[SCIENCE AND MEDICINE] - MATTIOLI Pietro Andrea (1501 - 1577) - [Medical Botany – Monumental Illustrated Edition Of Mattioli’s Dioscorides Commentary] - “I DISCORSI DI M. PIETRO ANDREA MATTHIOLI SANESE (…) NEI SEI LIBRRI DI PEDACIO DIOSCORIDE ANAZARBEO DELLA MATERIA MEDICINALE (…) CON LE FIGURE TIRATE DALLE NATURALI, E VIVE PIANTE, & ANIMALI, IN NUMERO MOLTO MAGGIORE, CHE LE ALTRE PER AVANTI STAMPATE”. Venezia, Nicolò Pezzana, 1712. In-folio, pp. [152], 851, [1]. Half-title page is missing. Featuring hundreds of beautiful woodcuts throughout the text, binding with marbled boards and cloth spine with a gilt-lettered title label and decorations. A benchmark book of its time on medical botany in Europe. •⁠> This lot is located in and ships from the UK. No export license is required for values under £65,000; above this threshold, a UK export license will be needed. Import duties and taxes in the destination country are the buyer's responsibility.