Acosta, Cristobal

ca. 1515-ca. 1592

Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales: Con Sus Plantas Debuxadas al Biuo.

En el qual se verifica mucho de lo que escriuio el doctor Garcia de Orta. En Burgos: Por Martin de Victoria, 1578. First edition. In large part a Spanish translation of Garcia de Orta's Coloquios dos Simples e Drogas e Coisas Medicinais da India e de Algumas Frutas, with numerous wood engravings.

References: BM STC Spanish, pre-1601.; Hunt 130. "Tractado del elephante y de sus calidades": p. 417-448.

This work includes indexes to both the subjects covered and the engravings.  The table of contents lists the chapter titles and also has a section listing the authors cited within the work.

Subjects: Medicinal plants--East Indies; Elephants.

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