January 26, 2011

HANDSOMELY PRINTED ITALIAN MEDICAL BOTANICAL / HERBAL

68 etched and engraved plates containing 554 plans

Giambattista Morandi. Historia botanica practica; sev, Plantarum, quae ad usum medicinae pertinent, nomenclatura descriptio, et virtutes, cum ab antiquis, tum a recentibus celebrium auctorum scriptis desumptae, ac aeneis tabulis delineatae, atque ad vivum ex prototypo expressae, nec non in classes XXV. distributae. (Milan) Mediolani, Apud J. Galeatium, 1761. with engraved added title page: Historia botanico-practica stirpium, atque herbarum, quae ad usum medicinae pertinent. LARGE FOLIO. 42 cm., [12], 32, 164, [1] p. lxviii plates.; 2 initials and 68 plates, all by Morandi . Contemporary Italian mottled calf gilt, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, red morocco label, loss to one spine compartment, some toning, foxing, occasional minor dampstaining, but overall A VERY GOOD AND COMPLETE COPY.   [SOLD]

“A CHARMINGLY ILLUSTRATED WORK ON THE PLANTS THAT WERE THEN CONSIDERED TO BE OF USE IN MEDICINE. A second edition was published in 1761.” (Ref: Christies) “Morandi was a botanical artist at the Castello Valentino under Victor Amadeus II of Savoy. The Historia contains 68 etched and engraved plates on which 554 plants are figured.” [Ref: Herbals at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln]

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