ALPINO, Prospero (1553-1617). De balsamo dialogus. Venice: Sub signum Leonis [heirs of C.T. Navó], 1591.
Small 4° (198 x 138mm). Woodcut device on title, 2 large woodcut illustration, ornamental initials, headpieces. (Light browning.) Modern vellum-backed boards (new endpapers).
Reprint of a treatise on the qualities of the balsamum tree, first published in Venice in 1511. Adams A-801; Wellcome I, 231.
ALPINO, Prospero (1553-1617). De balsamo dialogus. Venice: Sub signum Leonis [heirs of C.T. Navó], 1591.
Small 4° (198 x 138mm). Woodcut device on title, 2 large woodcut illustration, ornamental initials, headpieces. (Light browning.) Modern vellum-backed boards (new endpapers).
Reprint of a treatise on the qualities of the balsamum tree, first published in Venice in 1511. Adams A-801; Wellcome I, 231.
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