The Doris and Marc Patten Collection of Herbals and Early Gardening Books
Petri Andreae Matthioli. . .Commentarii in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medica materia.
Adjectis quam plurimis plantarum & animalium imaginibus, eodem authore. . . Venetiis: In Officina Erasmiana, apud Vincentium Valgrisium, 1554. Includes Mattioli's translation of Dioscorides, largely based on that of Jean Ruel. The sixth book is the De venenis and De venenatis animalibus, in some versions called books 6- 9. First Latin ed.--Cf. Pritzel no. 5985. Colophon: Venetiis, in officina Erasmiana, Vincentii Valgrisii, Mense Janvario, M.D.L IIII. References: Pritzel, 5985. Some underlining and ms. annotations throughout.
This is the first Latin edition of an important work. See PAT-136 for notes.