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- Auctore, Joanne Raio., tom. 1-2 paged continuously; tom. 1: [26], 983 p.; tom. 2: [8], 985-1944, [35] p., Paging irregular; various repetitions in numbering., tom. 3 published by S. Smith & B. Walford., v. 2 has title: Joannis Raii Histori plantarum tomus secundus: cum duplici indice; generali altero nominum & synonymorum prcipuorum; altero affectuum & remediorum: accessit nomenclator botanicus anglo-latinus., v. 3 has title: Joannis Raii ... Histori plantarum tomus tertius: qui est supplementum duorum prcedentium: species omnes vel omissas, vel post volumina illa evulgata editas, prter innumeras fere novas & indictas ab amicis communicatas complectens: cum synonymis necessariis, et usibus in cibo, medicina, & mechanicis: addito ad opus consummandum generum indice copioso. Accessit Historia stirpium ins. Luzonis & reliquarum Philippinarum a R. P. Geo. Jos. Camello ... item D. Jos. Pitton Tournefort ... Corollarium institutionum rei harbari.
- Leonharto Fvchsio ... autore ... Accessit ... ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio. Vna cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas graecas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit., Col. title vignette.
- Auctore, Joanne Raio., tom. 1-2 paged continuously; tom. 1: [26], 983 p.; tom. 2: [8], 985-1944, [35] p., Paging irregular; various repetitions in numbering., tom. 3 published by S. Smith & B. Walford., v. 2 has title: Joannis Raii Histori plantarum tomus secundus: cum duplici indice; generali altero nominum & synonymorum prcipuorum; altero affectuum & remediorum: accessit nomenclator botanicus anglo-latinus., v. 3 has title: Joannis Raii ... Histori plantarum tomus tertius: qui est supplementum duorum prcedentium: species omnes vel omissas, vel post volumina illa evulgata editas, prter innumeras fere novas & indictas ab amicis communicatas complectens: cum synonymis necessariis, et usibus in cibo, medicina, & mechanicis: addito ad opus consummandum generum indice copioso. Accessit Historia stirpium ins. Luzonis & reliquarum Philippinarum a R. P. Geo. Jos. Camello ... item D. Jos. Pitton Tournefort ... Corollarium institutionum rei harbari.
- adiectis earundem viuis, & ad naturæ imitationem artificiose expressis imaginibus, Leonharto Fuchsio ... autore ... ; triplex item index, prior stirpium Latinas nomenclaturas, alter officinis & vulgò vsitatas, tertius gallicas dabit., Signatures: aa-bb (last leaf blank) a-z A-2H⁸., Portrait of author on verso of t.p., Initials., Side notes., Numerous pagination errors., Includes indexes., Some ill. partially colored., In ms. on t.p.: "Ioannis Baptistae forzani 1602.", Author's name defaced on t.p., Manuscript notations in margins.
- Auctore, Joanne Raio., tom. 1-2 paged continuously; tom. 1: [26], 983 p.; tom. 2: [8], 985-1944, [35] p., Paging irregular; various repetitions in numbering., tom. 3 published by S. Smith & B. Walford., v. 2 has title: Joannis Raii Histori plantarum tomus secundus: cum duplici indice; generali altero nominum & synonymorum prcipuorum; altero affectuum & remediorum: accessit nomenclator botanicus anglo-latinus., v. 3 has title: Joannis Raii ... Histori plantarum tomus tertius: qui est supplementum duorum prcedentium: species omnes vel omissas, vel post volumina illa evulgata editas, prter innumeras fere novas & indictas ab amicis communicatas complectens: cum synonymis necessariis, et usibus in cibo, medicina, & mechanicis: addito ad opus consummandum generum indice copioso. Accessit Historia stirpium ins. Luzonis & reliquarum Philippinarum a R. P. Geo. Jos. Camello ... item D. Jos. Pitton Tournefort ... Corollarium institutionum rei harbari.
- Epistle Dedicatorie [to Sir William Cecil, baron Burghley]--[Commendatory verse and prose, mainly in Latin]--To the courteous and well-willing Readers.--First booke of the Historie of Plants, containing Grasses, Rushes, Corne, Flags, Bulbose, or Onion-rooted Plants.--Second booke ... Containing the description, place, time, names, nature, and vertues of all sorts of herbs for meate, medicine, or sweete smelling vse, etc.--Third booke ... Containing Trees, Shrubs, bushes, Fruit-bearing plants, Rosins, Gums, Roses, Heath, Mosses: some Indian plants, and other rare plants ... Also Mushrooms, Corall, and their seuerall kindes, etc.--Index latinvs ... stirpivm.--Index nominum Herbarum, quibus Pharmacopolarum officinae, Barbari & Arabes vtuntur.--Nominvm/et opiniovin harmonia et consensus.--Table of the English names.--Supplement or appendix vnto the general Table, and to the Tables of English names: gathered.--Table, wherein is contained the Nature, Vertue, and Danger of all the Herbes, Trees and Plants., gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirvrgerie., Colophon: Imprinted at London by Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, M.D.XCVII., Title, within elaborate engraved border, coat of arms of Lord Burghley on verso. Full page portaita of author facing p. 1, dated 1598., Signatures: (A4), B, Xxx, Aaaa-Tttt., Title page, illus. and initials colored by hand.
- Fabio Columna auctore ; accessit etiam Piscium aliquot, Plantarúmque nouarum historia eodem auctore ..., Title transliterated., The illustrations are full-page etchings by the author, each within type ornament border., Signatures: [paragraph symbol]-[double paragraph symbol]⁴ A-I⁴ K-P⁴ a-d⁴, a⁴., Tail-pieces., Includes errata., Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Caroli Clvsi Exoticorvm liber primvs [-sextvs].--Aromatvm et simplicivm aliqvot medicamentorvm apud Indos nascentium historia ... conscripta à D. Garçia ab Horto ... deinde latino sermone in epitomen contrata ... à Carolo Clvsio ... 5. ed., castigatior & multis locis auctior.--Aromatvm et medicamentorvm in Orientali India nascentium historia ... auctore Christophoro à Costa ... Caroli autem Clvsi operâ ex hispanico sermone latina facta ... 3. ed., castigatior et auctior.--Simplicivm medicamentorvm ex Novo orbe delatorum, quorum in medicina usus est, historia, hispanico semone tribus libris descripta à D. Nicolao Monardo ... latio deinde donata ... à Carolo Clvsio ... 4. ed., auctior & castigatior ex postremâ auctoris recognitione.--Avctarivm ad Exoticorum libros Caroli Clvsi. 357-378, [8] p., 1].--Nicolai Monardi ... libri tres, magna medicinæ secreta et varia experimenta continentes ... hispanico semone consripti, nunc ... latio donati à Carolo Clvsio.--Altera appendix ad rariorum plantarum historiam Caroli Clvsi.--Petri Bellonii ... Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Græcia, Asia, Ægypto, Iudæa, Arabia, aliisque exteris provinciis ab ipso conspectarum observationes tribus libris expressæ. Carolvs Clvsivs ... è gallicis latinas faciebat, & denuó recensebat. 2. ed., longe castigatior (with special t.p.).--Petri Bellonii ... de neglecta plantarum cultura, atque earum cognitione libellus ... Carolvs Clvsivs ... è gallico latinum faciebat, & nunc denuo recensebat., item Petri Bellonii observationes, eodem Carolo Clusio interprete. Series totius operis post praefationem indicabitur., Engraved t.-p., Various pagings.
- collegit & adjecit Franciscus Kiggelaer., Each part has added engraved t.p., Pt. 1: [32], 24 p., 119 leaves of plates; pt. 2: [25]-47 p., 120-245 leaves of plates., Signatures: piⴠ*-6*² A-M² chi1., Title vignettes; initials; head- and tail-pieces., Title page printed in red and black., Engraved frontispiece and head-piece on A1 signed by I. Goeree and I Baptist., Engraved dedication with coat of arms signed: P. Vander Aa, et F. Halma., Includes index.
- v.1 De qvadrvpedibvs solidipedibvs volvmen integrvm. 1639 [colophon: 1648] -- v.2 De qvadrvpedib'. digitatis viviparis libri tres et De qvadrvpedib' digitatis oviparis libri dvo. 1645 [colophon: 1663] -- v.3 Serpentvm, et draconv̄ historiæ libri dvo. 1640 -- v.4 De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor. 1642 [colophon: 1654] -- v.5 De piscibvs libri V. et de cetis lib. vnvs. 1638 [colophon: 1661] -- v.6 De animalibvs insectis libri septem. 1638 -- v.7 Monstrorvm historia. 1642 ; Paralipomena accvratissima historiæ omnivm animalivm / Bartholoḿæs Ambrosinvs. 1657 [colophon: 1658] -- v.8 Dendrologiæ natvralis scilicet arborvm historiæ libri dvo. 1668 [colophon: 1667] -- v.9 Qvadrvpedvm omniv̄ bisvlcorv̄ historia. 1642 [colophon: 1653] -- v.10-12 Ornithologiae. (v.10: 1646 [colophon 1645]; v.11: 1652; v.12: 1645 [colophon 1652]) -- [v.13 Musaeum metallicum in libris III]., No collective t.p., Publisher statements vary., "Aldrovande n'a écrit que les cinq premiers vol. de cette collection; les autres ont été composés depuis sa mort, et en partie d'après ses manuscrits, par différents auteurs qui sont nommés sur les titres"--Brunet, I, 155., Engraved title pages; woodcuts; initials; head and tail pieces., Imperfect: preliminary leaves wanting in vols. 2, 4, 6, 10; v. 6 wanting leaves Xxx3, 4; v. 10 bound-in up-side down, p. 879-888 omitted in pagination; v. 11 wanting t.p., Includes bibliographical references and indexes.