Clusius, Carolus

1526-1609

Caroli Clusii Atrebatis. . . Exoticorum libri decem: quibus animalium, plantarum, aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum fructuum historiae describuntur.

Item, Petri Bellonii Observationes. eodem Carolo Clusio interprete. Leiden: Ex Officina Plantiana Raphelengii, 1605. "Series totius operis post praefationem indicabitut."

First ed. of the second volume of the author's collected works, the first volume being Rariorum plantarum historia (Anvers, 1601) (PAT-108)--Cf. Hunt 182. Books 7-10 of the Exoticorum include Clusius' abridgements and translations of works by da Orta, Acosta, and Monardes; also includes Clusius' translations of Monardes' Libri tres and the Altera appendix ad rariorum plantarum historia. References: Hunt 182; Johnston, S. H. Cleveland coll. 151.

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

PAT-109


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