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16671606290099Venice: Presso Gio: Giacomo Hertz MDCLXVII 1667-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Folio 33 cm. Handsome modern leather spine over marbled boards. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces initials and plant illustrations throughout.12 476 27 p. : ill. Title page dedication page and final 5 leaves of index supplied in facsimile. Margins of some of the prelims conserved. Custom book plate of Rev. Paul J. Barry on front paste down. Herbario Nuovo first published in 1585 is a description of medicinal plants from Europe and the Indies. It went through 11 editions and was actively used for over 130 years. "This was a popular Italian herbal that was reprinted in Italian and translated and published in several other languages for a number of years. The plant descriptions are written in the form of poems which Arber describes as 'pleasingly unscientific.' The Linnean genus Duranta formerly Castorea is named for the author" - Hunt 229. Nissen 569. NLM. Venice: Presso Gio: Giacomo Hertz, MDCLXVII hardcover