Appendix to the Books on Plants and Peripatetic Questions (1603) - Page 2

⚠The page exhibits heavy ink bleed-through (ghosting) from the reverse side, showing the title page of Andrea Cesalpino's "De Plantis" in reverse. Significant foxing and staining are present throughout the paper.

Let it be printed, if it pleases the Reverend Father Master of the Sacred Palace. original: "Imprimatur, si placet R. P. Mag. Sacri Palatij." The Master of the Sacred Palace was the Pope’s primary theologian, responsible for censoring books.

B. Gypsius, Vicegerent. The Vicegerent was the deputy to the Cardinal Vicar of Rome, overseeing administrative and legal matters.

Let it be printed,

Friar Paul de Francis of Naples, associate of the Most Reverend Father Master of the Sacred

Apostolic Palace. original: "F. Paulus de Francis de Neap. socius Reuerendiſs. P. M. S. Palatij Apostolici." The 'socius' was an assistant to the chief censor.