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Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia

Title
Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia / primùm quidem Lusitanica lingua dialogikōs conscripta, à D. Garçia ab Horto, proregis Indiæ medico ; deinde Latino sermone in epitomen contracta, & iconibus ad viuum expressis, locupletioribusq[ue] annotatiunculis illustrata à Carolo Clusio Atrebate.
Author
Orta, Garcia de, active 16th century
Publication
Antuerpiæ : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, & Ioannem Moretum, 1593.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609.
  • Acosta, Cristóbal, approximately 1515-approximately 1592.
  • Monardes, Nicolás, approximately 1512-1588.
  • Posthius, Johannes, 1537-1597.
Description
456, [8] p. : ill.; 19 cm. (8vo)
Alternative Title
Aromatvm, Et Simplicivm Aliqvot Medicamentorvm Apvd Indos Nascentivm Historia.
Subject
  • Materia medica > India > Early works to 1800
  • Materia medica > Latin America > Early works to 1800
  • Tobacco > Therapeutic use > Early works to 1800
  • Indians of North America > Tobacco use > Early works to 1800
  • Bezoars > Early works to 1800
  • Tobacco > Poetry > Early works to 1800
  • America > Early accounts to 1600
Note
  • "Tabaco": p. 330-339, incl. 2 full-page ill. (first included in the 2nd ed. of Clusius' version of Monardes, 1574): "Petum latifolium," "Petum angustifolium." For discussion of this chapter in the original Spanish ed., 1571, with John Frampton's translation of selected passages, cf. Arents, G. Tobacco, I, 15. "At si inebriari ... cocæ tabaci folia admiscent": p. 436. "De tubulis ad asthma vtilibus" (tobacco as asthma remedy): p. 440. "Tabacum" (epigram by Johannes Posthius): p. 404.
  • "Dialogikōs" (14th word in title) is transliterated from Greek.
  • "Christophori a Costa ... Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber ... Altera editio, castigatior & auctior" (p. [225]-312), Nicolás Monardes' "Simplicium medicamentorum ex Nouo Orbe delatorum, quorum in medicina usus est, historia ... Tertia editio, auctior et castigatior ex postrema auctoris recognitione" (p. [313]-[407]) and Monardes' "Simplicium medicamentorum ... historiæ ... liber tertius ... Altera editio, auctior & castigatior" (p. [409]-456), all translated from Spanish, abridged and annotated by Clusius, have special title pages with imprint as above.
  • For earlier eds. of Clusius' annotated Latin abridgements of the works in this compilation, viz. 1st-3rd eds. of the Orta work (1567-1579), 1st ed. of the Acosta (1582), 1st-2nd eds. of Monardes' Historia medicinal, Parts 1-2 (1574-1579) and 1st ed. of Monardes' Part 3 (1582), all with imprint: Antuerpiæ : Ex officina Christopheri Plantini, cf. Voet, L. Plantin Press, nos. 1838-1840, 1038, 1710-1711, 1712. For 1st ed. of Monardes' Part 3, cf. also Arents Coll. Tobacco, S64.
  • Signatures: A-Z⁸ a-f⁸ (f7 verso, f8 blank).
  • Illustrations: 46 prints : woodcut, 3 hand-col. ; full-page (24) and 11 x 7 cm. or smaller. All but one (p. 91) repeated from earlier eds. of works in this compilation. The 30 in the Orta work are by A. Nicolaï (15), G.J. van Kampen and A. van Leest after drawings on the blocks by P. van der Borcht, from originals supplied by Clusius; cf. Nissen and Voet. Those in the Acosta and Monardes works are copied from Spanish eds. or repeated from other Plantin botanical works; cf. Voet. -- 5 Plantin devices (incl. 1 repeat) on title pages and p. [461] (Havre, G. van. Plantin, 34, 36, 29, 11), reproduced in Bib. Belgica.
  • Includes indexes.
Indexed In (note)
  • JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675
  • Alden, J.E. European Americana
  • Sabin
  • Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.)
  • Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bib. portuguez
  • Bib. Belgica (1964-1975 ed.)
  • Wellcome cat. of printed books
  • Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration
  • Guerra, F. Monardes
Call Number
Arents SA 0100
LCCN
08012523
OCLC
139903047
Author
Orta, Garcia de, active 16th century.
Title
Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia / primùm quidem Lusitanica lingua dialogikōs conscripta, à D. Garçia ab Horto, proregis Indiæ medico ; deinde Latino sermone in epitomen contracta, & iconibus ad viuum expressis, locupletioribusq[ue] annotatiunculis illustrata à Carolo Clusio Atrebate.
Imprint
Antuerpiæ : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, & Ioannem Moretum, 1593.
Edition
Quarta editio, castigatior, & aliquot locis auctior.
Indexed In:
JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 330-331
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 593/47
Sabin 57666
Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 99517
Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bib. portuguez, III, p. 117, no. 2
Bib. Belgica (1964-1975 ed.), O8
Wellcome cat. of printed books, 4658
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, 949 (1st work only)
Guerra, F. Monardes, 31
Local Note
Arents copy wormed, with minute loss of text.
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Added Author
Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609.
Acosta, Cristóbal, approximately 1515-approximately 1592. Tractado de las drogas y medicinas de las Indias Orientales. Latin. 1593.
Monardes, Nicolás, approximately 1512-1588. Historia medicinal. Latin. 1593.
Posthius, Johannes, 1537-1597. Tabacum. 1593.
ILLR Nicolaï, Arnaud, fl. 1550-1596.
ILLR Kampen, Geeraard Jansen van, fl. 1564-1592.
ILLR Leest, Antonij van, ca. 1545-ca. 1592.
ILLR Borcht, Pierre van der, 1545-1608.
Added Title
Aromatvm, Et Simplicivm Aliqvot Medicamentorvm Apvd Indos Nascentivm Historia.
Research Call Number
Arents SA 0100
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