Pietro Andrea Mattioli - I Discorsi [...] Ne i Sei Libri di P[edacio Diosc]oride Anazarbeo della Materia Medicinale. dal Suo Istesso Auttore Innanzi la Sua Morte Ricorretti, & in Piu di Mille Luoghi Aumentati...

<p>Edizione italiana, rara a trovarsi completa, apparsa dopo la morte del Mattioli, dell'erbario pi&ugrave; famoso del Rinascimento. La prima a contenere lo splendido fascicolo con il trattato <em>Del modo di distillare le acque da tutte le piante, et come vi si possino conseruare i loro veri odori, &amp; sapori</em>. Cfr Ceresoli, 351. &laquo;Its popularity is attested by the number of its editions, said to be about 60, in 32,000 copies&raquo; (<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hunt</span>, p. xxvi). Cfr <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Adams </span>D-677; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cfr Durling</span>, 1160; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cfr Garrison-Morton </span>7820; Cfr <em>Heirs of Hippocrates </em>28: &laquo;Mattioli's translations of Dioscorides swiftly became the most popular and well received of those available at the time. His reputation, vernacular translation, and erudite and extensive commentary, were the chief factors in the rapid and wide acceptance of his translations. Notable also were his acceptance of the work of classical writers as authoritative, and the addition of illustrations to later editions. The present Italian edition is the first of nearly fifty known editions in five languages edited by Mattioli. Although the first few editions, as this one, were not illustrated, by 1555 the Italian editions contained illustrations as did the first Latin edition of 1554&raquo;; <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cfr Pritzel</span>, 5986; <em>Cfr Wellcome</em> I, 4129; manca a <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Brunet</span>, <em>Cleveland Collections</em> e <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nissen</span>. </p>