Pinax Theatri botanici

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GARCIA DE ORTA, Physician to the Viceroy of India: a history of the aromatics and simple medicines growing among the Indians, written in the Portuguese language in the form of dialogues, arranged in alphabetical order; contracted into an epitome and rendered into Latin by Clusius.

GONZALO FERNÁNDEZ DE OVIEDO: a general history of the West Indies, translated into French by Duret.

GREGORIO DE REGGIO, Capuchin: a little book on Capsicum, added to the later labors of Clusius.

WILLIAM TURNER, Englishman: a history of plants, written in English, with a few figures. London, folio.

ERMOLAO BARBARO: five books of Corollaries on Dioscorides. Cologne 1530, folio.

By the same author: corrections to the books of C. Pliny’s Natural History. Basel 1534, 4to.

GIROLAMO BENZONI of Milan: a history of the New World, rendered into Latin by Urbain Chauveton. Geneva 1600, 8vo.

HIERONYMUS BRUNSCHWIG: a German demonstration, added to the herbal of Brunfels. Strasbourg 1531, folio.

GIROLAMO CARDANO: 17 books on the variety of things. Basel 1581, 8vo. 1556

GIROLAMO FRACASTORO: works, 1590. Lyon, 8vo.

HIERONYMUS BOCK [Tragus]: a history (which appeared quite often in German at Strasbourg in folio), rendered into Latin by David Kyber, with 567 icons, although 800 are described. Strasbourg 1552, in 4to.

A German edition of the same, revised by Melchior Sebizius and Nicolaus Agerius. 1595, folio.

GENERAL HISTORY of plants: in 18 books, collected by Jean Des Moulins: printed at Lyon in the year 1587, in which 2686 figures are presented, but about 400 are repeated twice or thrice.

HONORIO BELLI of Vicenza, Physician of Crete: letters on plants to Clusius, added to his works: he sent none to us which were not already published.

GIACOMO ANTONIO CORTUSO, a patrician of Padua and fifth prefect of the Padua garden: frequently cited by Matthiolus, Dodoens, and others on account of plants shared with them, from whom I also received [plants] at Padua: he published nothing except a catalog of the Padua garden, with its plots, in Italian. Venice 1591, 8vo.

JACOB THEODOR TABERNAEMONTANUS: a German histo-

-ry published in three parts with 2087 figures. Frankfurt 1588, folio.

The same revised and augmented with plant descriptions and figures and very many medicines, by C. Bauhin in the year 1613, folio.

Figures of the same with only the Latin and German names. They appeared at Frankfurt in 1590 in oblong form.

JANUS CORNARIUS, German: translated Dioscorides and added emblems to the individual chapters. Basel 1557, folio.

WEST INDIES: ten parts, with an addition to the ninth part, in folio.

EAST INDIES: ten parts of the history, in folio.

JOACHIM CAMERARIUS: revised the German history of Mattioli (first translated by Handsch and printed with Mattioli’s figures) and augmented it with 123 new icons and notes.

By the same: he gave an Epitome of Mattioli with 1003 figures. Frankfurt 1586, 4to.

By the same: he wrote a Medical and Philosophical Garden: added 56 figures. Frankfurt 1588.

JOSÉ DE ACOSTA: history of India, added to the Indian tomes, rendered into Latin by Clusius.

JOHANN VON CUBE: Hortus Sanitatis in German with about 350 figures. Augsburg 1486, folio.

GIAMBATTISTA DELLA PORTA of Naples: 12 books on the Villa. Frankfurt 1592, 4to.

By the same: Phytognomonica 1591. Frankfurt, 8vo.

JEAN BAUHIN, of pious memory, my brother: wrote a little book on plants named after the Saints. Basel 1591, 8vo.

By the same: on the kinds of Wormwood. Montbéliard 1593, 8vo.

By the same: wrote a catalog of plants growing around the Boll Springs, with 60 figures of apples and 40 of pears added: published with the History of the Boll Springs. Montbéliard 1598, 4to.

JEAN BRUYERIN-CHAMPIER of Lyon: 22 books on dietary matters. Frankfurt 1622, 8vo.

GIOVANNI COSTEO: two books on the universal nature of plants. Turin 1578, 4to.

By the same: annotations on Mesue, with the works of Mesue. Venice 1570, folio.

JEAN DU CHOUL, prefect of the mountains of the Lyon territory: described Mount Pilat of Lyon, with two small figures added: appeared with Gesner’s little book on Moonworts. 4to.