MATTIOLI

OF SIENA,

PHYSICIAN,

Commentaries on the six books of Pedanius Dioscorides

of Anazarbus regarding medical matter, original: "de Medica materia." This refers to pharmacology and the study of the therapeutic properties of natural substances.

NOW ONCE AGAIN REVISED BY THE AUTHOR HIMSELF,

AND EXPANDED IN MORE THAN A THOUSAND PLACES.

With the addition of large and new illustrations of plants and animals, far more

numerous than in previous editions, drawn from life.

Also added to the margins are many Greek passages, taken from the most ancient manuscripts,

which restore the corrupted readings of Dioscorides himself.

Caste del Cante Andreas Ripping 1622\. This is a handwritten ownership mark from the 17th century.

WITH VERY RICH INDEXES, PERTAINING BOTH TO

Botany and to Pharmacology.

WITH MOST EXTENSIVE PRIVILEGES,

as can be seen immediately after the Preface to the Readers. Privileges were early forms of copyright or legal protections granted by authorities to printers and authors.

A large woodcut printer's device belonging to Vincenzo Valgrisi. The central oval scene depicts the biblical story of Moses and the Israelites in the desert with the Brazen Serpent raised upon a Tau-shaped cross. Encircling the oval is the motto in Latin: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up" original: "SICVT MOSES EXALTAVIT SERPENTEM IN DESERTO ITA EXALTARI OPORTET FILIVM HOMINIS," a reference to John 3:14. The device is framed by an ornate Renaissance border featuring architectural elements and scrolls.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS 15326 LIBRARY

VENICE,

From the Valgrisi Press. 1565.