Durante, Castore

1529-1590

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Con figure, che rappresentano levive piante, che nascono in tutta Europa, & nell'Indie orientali, & occidentali; con versi latini, che comprendono le facolta de i semplici medicamenti; con discorsi, che dimostrano i nomi, le spetie, la forma, il loco, il tempo, le qualita, & le virtu mirabili dell'herbe. In Venetia: Appresso li Sessa, 1617. Fourth edition--Cf. S. H. Johnston. Cleveland coll. 165. Colophon: In Trevigia appresso Angelo Reghettini per il Sessa. MDCXVII. Pages misnumbered [1]-108, 119-286, 289-492. References: Johnston, S. H. Cleveland coll. 165.

This is another edition of PAT-115, attesting to the works popularity.  Durante's complete yet concise discussions probably accounted in part for the work's popularity, as did the illustrations, which though based on Fuchs and Mattioli, added imaginative, poetic, and humanizing touches.  It was even printed in Germany in 1609, but with no credit given to Durante as author.

Subjects: Botany--Pre-Linnean works; Medicine.

PAT-116


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