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ACOSTA, Christoval. Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium ... Caroli Clusius Atrebatis opera ex Hispanico sermone Latinus factus, in Epitomen contractus, et quibusdam illustratus.
Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1582. Plantin's vignette on title and 2 full-page botanical woodcut illustrations. Later sprinkled calf.
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First edition of Clusius's translation of Acosta's Tratado de las drogas y medicinas de las indias orientales... , published in Burgos in 1578. Clusius added some important material on plants never described before like: "De Pavate," "De Moringa," "De Mangas," De Ananas Silvestre," "De Herba Biva." He rejected most of the original woodcuts as being too clumsy and inaccurate for identification purposes. Some slight foxing, otherwise a good copy.
