MATTHIOLE (Pierre-André). COMMENTS ON THE SIX BOOKS OF PED. - Lot 112

MATTHIOLE (Pierre-André). COMMENTS ON THE SIX BOOKS OF PED. DIOSCORIDE... Mis en françois sur la dernière édition latine de l'Auteur par M. Jean des Moulins, docteur en médecine. Lyon, by Guillaume Roville, 1572. In-folio of [136]-819-[22]-2bl. pages, stiff vellum, ribbed spine (period binding). First edition translated by Jean des Moulins. This imposing work, long considered the best treatise on medical matters, contains a portrait of the author on the title and over 1000 FIGURES of plants, distillation apparatus, shellfish, fish, animals, insects and woodcut vignettes depicting the viper hunter, the milking of cows and the making of butter, the shearing of sheep's wool, the beekeeper... Title soiled and lined with corner lack affecting part of the date and printer's name, several leaves creased, otherwise internally fresh. (Baudrier IX, 340).