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P. Bellonii Cenomani De arboribus coniferis, resiniferis: aliis quoque nonnullis sempiterna fronde virentibus, cum earundem iconibus ad viuum expressis.
Item, de melle cedrino, cedria, agarico resinis, & iis quae ex coniferis proficiscuntur . . . Parisiis: In Bibliotheca Egidij Corrozet, ad Palatium Regium, iuxta sacellum Praesidum, 1553. Includes woodcuts. References: BM STC French, 1470-1600; Pritzel (2nd) 606. Includes index.
Belon has written a very early book on the pine family and one of the first botany books to cover a single genus.
He gives descriptions of the various species, including their locations, and cites authorities such as Dioscorides. The work contains illustrations of Cedrus major, Pic� arboris figura, Pinus, Icon Pinastri, Laricis figura, Sapini arboris delineatio, Abies f�mina, and Cupressus.
Subjects: Pinaceae; Botany--Pre-Linnaen works.
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