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Sept. 1983
Dr. Eichenberger
Bien wil am See
B. Rosenthal price $250 65SF=$32.02
Herbarius, italiu. Herbolario volgara. (Popular Herbal) [crossed out] (Popular Herbal) [end crossed out]
Venice: Alessandra di Bindoni [inserted] son - Francesco. [end inserted], 1522. Quarto.
Ref: STC Italian 453.C.8 Pritzal 10764 Essling II 1194
Klebs-Becher 15 Nissen 2315
Roman letter. 176 leaves. 150 woodcuts of plants. 20cm.
Copy: PML, Univ Minnesota, Nat. L. of Med. (anonymous)
First edition of the Herbarius translated into Italian. A preface
by the translator + an index of diseases with their remedies,
in alphabetical order, are newly added.
The woodcuts are printed from the same blocks already
used in the Latin editions, published in wild Italy (1491, 1499,
1502, 1509, 1520). + 1536.
earliest work - Nov 27, 1506/ his name - Della Cicorea XXXII Cap. (chicory) Latin Sponsa Solis
does not appear after 1522 - He was succeded by his son Francesco A. de Biondoni - Venice (1507-22).
Cap 31 - Brionia; Cap 33 - Celamento (Chichorium intybus) L.
Chicory contains much inulir + bitter substances such as lactucopicrin.
It is used a domestic remedy for its bitter-tonic + diuretic
properties. Dried + roasted chicory root is used as an addition to,
or in place of coffee + was much drunk in Europe during
both World Wars. Latin - intibus, means - endive
Gerard Herbal (1597) p. 219 of garden Succorie.
Latin Intybum sylvestre Italian Cichorea
English Cicorie or Succorie
One of the Compositae of Euressa + N. Africa but naturalized all over
Western Europe; was already known at the time of Pliny, who
recognized its value as a food plant + also its remarkable
effectiveness in purifying the blood.
Herbarius - 2 major sections 1) contains descriptions + medicinal uses of
150 plants all of which grew in Germany 2) 96 chapters - concerned with
the materials of a medicine that were commonly available in the
shapes of apothecaries + spice merchants.
[inserted] 55 Rare Botanical Books Ref E 172 M 624 No. 57f [end inserted] Some bibliographies consider this herbal as copied from the one printed in Germany (Herbeiuse
Latinus) The letter however contains considerable material tha tis not in the editions printed in
Italy.