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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. Includes indexes.
This work consists of a very detailled, month by month description of all activities necessary for the maintenance of a garden. It also includes an alphabetical listing of kitchen-garden plants, fruit trees, ornamental shrubs, and perennials and biennial flower plants.
Subjects: Medicinal plants--East Indies; Elephants.
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