Mattioli, Pietro Andrea. Herbarz, ginak Bylinář, welmi vžitečny, a figůrami pieknymi y zřetedlnymi : podlé praweho a yako ziwého zrostu Bylin, ozdobeny, y také mnohymi a zkussenymi lekarzstwijmi rozhognieny, gessto takowy nikdá w ziadnem yazyku prwé wydan nebyl

Pritzel (2nd ed.): 5992
Folger bibliographic ID: 124577
NLM 16th cent: 3014
Folger call number: 245- 324f
Folger holdings ID: 116722

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A Czech translation of the first four books of Mattioli's Comentarii The work on distillation at the end (leaves cccxciiv-[cccxcviv]) is a translation of the author's De ratione distillandi aquas ex omnibus plantis Woodcuts by Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck, cf. Hunt botanical cat., no. 90 Signatures: *-2*⁶ 3*-4*⁴ A-V⁶ W⁶ X-2V⁶ 2W⁶ 2X-3V⁶ 3W⁶ 3X⁴ Woodcut portraits of Mattioli (leaf 2*2r) and Hájek z Hájku (leaf 3*2r) Title page printed in red and black 245- 324f Woodblock 1 and portions of 245- 324f also available as a digital reproduction

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Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2018. Beyond Words. Opening: fol. Cxxxvi (245- 324f Woodblock 1 and 245- 324f)

Item information about Folger 245- 324f

Imperfect: extensive paper repairs, with some affecting text. Accompanied by two 16th century woodblocks by Wolfgang Meyerpeck used in folio editions of Mattioli's herbal. Woodblock no. 1 was used in the present edition to print the illustraton on leaf CXXXVI (Lactuca florescens). In contemporary calf over wooden boards; gilt rolled border (mostly worn away); series of fillets forming a central panel with gilt angled tools on corners; gold-stamped centerpiece (worn); rebacked; gauffered edges; woodcuts hand colored. Inscription: Ex Bibliotheca Monasterij Sanctae Coronae Ordinis Cisterciensis cathalogo inscriptus a[nno] 1683. Stamp: Carl Firbas. Inscription (crossed out): Ex libris Frts. Martini. S. Spinae Coronae Profess. Bookplate: Biblioth. Dris. J.B. Holzinger. Bookplate: Library of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston. Gifot of Albert Cameron Burrage 1859-1931 June 28, 1931. Bookplate: Mary P. Massey

Uniform title: Commentarii in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis ... de materia medica. Czech
Extended title: Herbarz, ginak Bylinář, welmi vžitečny, a figůrami pieknymi y zřetedlnymi : podlé praweho a yako ziwého zrostu Bylin, ozdobeny, y také mnohymi a zkussenymi lekarzstwijmi rozhognieny, gessto takowy nikdá w ziadnem yazyku prwé wydan nebyl / od doktora Petra Ondřege Matthiola ... ; nayprw w latinské ržečí sepsaný, a gíž ... na cžeskau ržeč, od Doktora Thadeásse Hágka z Hágku, pr̆eloz̆ený ... při koncy přidano kratke naučenij a zpráwa, o rozlitzném distyllowánij a pálenij wod, s několíka rýckamí k takowému pálenij náležítýmí, kteréž netolíko apatekářuom, ále y gíným kteřijž se w tom kochagij, dobře se tressiti budau mocy ...
Alternate titles: Herbarz, ginak Bylinář, welmi užitečny, a figůrami pieknymi y zřetedlnymi

Botany Medicinal plants Materia medica, Vegetable

author: Mattioli, Pietro Andrea, 1501-1577
associated with: Hájek z Hájku, Tadeáš, 1525-1600
printer: Melantrich z Aventina, Jiří, 1511-1580
illustrator: Liberale, Giorgio
illustrator: Meyerpeck, Wolfgang, -1578
former owner: Burrage, Albert Cameron, 1859-1931
former owner: Firbas, Carl
former owner: Holzinger, J. B.
former owner: Massey, Mary P.
former owner: Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Library