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Plantarum effigies.
Ac quinque diversis linguis redditae. Lugduni: Apud Balthazarem Arnoulletum, 1552. Republication without text of illustrations first used in Arnoullet's ed. of the author's De historia stirpium commentarii insignes, 1549. Captions in Greek, Latin, French, Italian and German. Woodcuts by Clement Boussy. First ed. 1549. Reissued in 1551 without French parallel title, and again in 1552. References: Baudrier, H. L. Bib. lyonnaise, v. 10, p. 130-131.
This first "field guide" to plants is only 4" tall and contains just the name and woodcut illustration of the plant. It is actually a very condensed version of Fuchs' De historia stipiium commentarii insignes (1549).
Subjects: Botany--Pre-Linnean works; Botany--Pictorial works.
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