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Rerum medicarum Novæ Hispaniæ thesaurus

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Title

Rerum medicarum Novæ Hispaniæ thesaurus

Subject

Natural history -- Mexico.
Materia medica -- Mexico.

Description

Numerous variations in collation, e.g. some v. have double pagination pp. 45?-464, dedication to Barberini, 1628 and/or Amice lector with abbrev. dedication; pp. 903-4, dedication to Barberini and /or Don Roderico de Mendoza. Many ill. in text and some plates without p. numbering. Various dedication pages. Cf. Hunt botanical cat. pp. 263-267.
Many copies have printed t.p.: Nova plantarum, animalium et mineralium mexicanorum historia / a Francisco Hernandez...primum compilata, dein a Nardo Antonio Reccho in volumen digesta, ; a Io. Terentio, Io. Fabro, et Fabio Columna...notis, & additionibus longe doctissimis illustrata. Cui demum accessere, aliquot ex Principis Federici Cæsii Frontispiciis theatri naturalis phytosophicæ tabulæ vna cum quam plurimis iconibus ad octigentas, quibus singula contemplanda graphice exhibentur...Romae ...: Sumptibus Blasij Deuersini, & Zanobij Masotti bibliopolarum. Typis Vitalis Mascardi, MDCLI.
Decorated initials and borders throughout text.
Errata: p. [969] & [972].
Includes indexes.
Hunt botanical cat. 247

Creator

Hernández, Francisco.

Publisher

Vitalis Mascardi.

Date

1651.

Language

lat

Identifier

QH107 .H54 1651

Citation

Hernández, Francisco., "Rerum medicarum Novæ Hispaniæ thesaurus," in Special Collections, Item #2281, http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/omeka/exhibits/show/mcdonald/writing/item/2281 (accessed May 18, 2013).