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Frumentorum, leguminum, palustrium, et aquatilium herbarum ac eorum, quae eo pertinent.
Antverpiae: Ex officina Christorphori Plantini, 1566. Includes cereals, vegetables, marsh vegetation and water plants. "Additae sunt imagines vivae, exactissimae, iam recens non absque haud vulgari diligentia & fide artificiosissime expressae, quarum pleraeque nouae, & hactenus non editae." 81 woodcuts of plants by P. van der Borcht. First ed. (?)--Cf. Hunt 96. "First edition of the revised version [of the author's De Frugum historia (j. Loe, 1552)]"-- Cf. Johnston, S. H. Cleveland coll. 95. References: Hunt 96; Johnston, S. H. Cleveland coll. 95.
This was the first book by Dodoens printed by Christopher Plantin, and features many beautiful woodcuts by Pieter van der Borcht.
Subjects: Botany--Pre-Linnean works.
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