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The Macclesfield copy of this amazing book
Historia naturalis Brasiliae, auspicio et beneficio illustriss. I. Mauritii Com. Nassau [...] In qua non tantum plantae et animalia, sed et indigenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur et iconibus supra quingentas illustrantur.
Lugdun. Batavorum [Leiden], Apud Franciscum Hackium, et Amstelodami, Apud Lud. Elzevirium, 1648. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio(395 x 253 mm). [XII, including engraved title page], 122, [2]; [VIII], 293, [7] p.
With an engraved title page ascribed to Thomas Matham, ca. 650 woodcut illustrations in the text on ca. 528 blocks and 3 letterpress tables on Ll1recto & verso, Ll2recto (pp. 265 ? 266, 2667).
Vellum laced case binding with yapp edges. Title in ink vertical on the spine. First edition of the most important 17th century work completed in Brazil, written by Willem Piso (1611-1678), physician to the Count of Nassau, Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) Governor of Dutch Brazil, also named ?Maurits de Braziliaan?, together with Georg Marggrafe (1610-1644), naturalist. Johannes de Laet largely responsible for the editorial process of Marggrafe?s material, which was partly written in cipher. The 8th chapter being entirely the work of de Laet.
The first part De medicina brasiliensi in quatuor libri, which is written by Piso, consists of: Liber Primus, De Brasiliae Aëre, Aquis & Locis; Liber Secundus, De Endemis & Familiaribus Morbis in Brasilia; Liber Tertius, De Venenis eorumque Antidotis; Liber Quartus, De Facultatibus Simplicium.
The second part Historia rerum naturalium Brasiliae, written by Marggrave, discusses and depicts plants, trees, animals, insects, marine life, shellfish & indigenous life of Brazil and consists of: Liber Primus, De Herbis; Liber Secundus, De Plantis Frutescentibus & Fruticibus; Liber Tertius, De Arboribus; Liber Quartus, De Piscibus Brasiliae; Liber Quintus, De Avibus; Liber Sextus, De Quadrupedibus, & Serpentibus; Liber Septimus, De Insectis; Liber Octavus, De ipsa Regione & Indigenis.
-Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (embossed armorial mark on the title page), Sotheby's 2007, part 9, lot no.3248.
-Literature: Borba de Moraes, ?Bibliographia Brasiliana. Rare books about Brazil publ. from 1504 to 1900?, vol. II p. 675 ? 676; DSB, vol. X, pp. 621-622; DMB / Lindeboom, c. 1535-1536; Alsemgeest / Bos ?Cover to Cover. A Book Historical Approach to the Historia Naturalis Brasiliae? by Alex Alsemgeest en Jeroen Bos, in part Chapter 3, pp. 53-76; Nissen, ?BBI?, 1533; Pritzel, 7157; Sabin, 63028
-Condition: Binding soiled; Else a very fine copy with strong impressions of the woodcuts with a good provenance.
With an engraved title page ascribed to Thomas Matham, ca. 650 woodcut illustrations in the text on ca. 528 blocks and 3 letterpress tables on Ll1recto & verso, Ll2recto (pp. 265 ? 266, 2667).
Vellum laced case binding with yapp edges. Title in ink vertical on the spine. First edition of the most important 17th century work completed in Brazil, written by Willem Piso (1611-1678), physician to the Count of Nassau, Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) Governor of Dutch Brazil, also named ?Maurits de Braziliaan?, together with Georg Marggrafe (1610-1644), naturalist. Johannes de Laet largely responsible for the editorial process of Marggrafe?s material, which was partly written in cipher. The 8th chapter being entirely the work of de Laet.
The first part De medicina brasiliensi in quatuor libri, which is written by Piso, consists of: Liber Primus, De Brasiliae Aëre, Aquis & Locis; Liber Secundus, De Endemis & Familiaribus Morbis in Brasilia; Liber Tertius, De Venenis eorumque Antidotis; Liber Quartus, De Facultatibus Simplicium.
The second part Historia rerum naturalium Brasiliae, written by Marggrave, discusses and depicts plants, trees, animals, insects, marine life, shellfish & indigenous life of Brazil and consists of: Liber Primus, De Herbis; Liber Secundus, De Plantis Frutescentibus & Fruticibus; Liber Tertius, De Arboribus; Liber Quartus, De Piscibus Brasiliae; Liber Quintus, De Avibus; Liber Sextus, De Quadrupedibus, & Serpentibus; Liber Septimus, De Insectis; Liber Octavus, De ipsa Regione & Indigenis.
-Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (embossed armorial mark on the title page), Sotheby's 2007, part 9, lot no.3248.
-Literature: Borba de Moraes, ?Bibliographia Brasiliana. Rare books about Brazil publ. from 1504 to 1900?, vol. II p. 675 ? 676; DSB, vol. X, pp. 621-622; DMB / Lindeboom, c. 1535-1536; Alsemgeest / Bos ?Cover to Cover. A Book Historical Approach to the Historia Naturalis Brasiliae? by Alex Alsemgeest en Jeroen Bos, in part Chapter 3, pp. 53-76; Nissen, ?BBI?, 1533; Pritzel, 7157; Sabin, 63028
-Condition: Binding soiled; Else a very fine copy with strong impressions of the woodcuts with a good provenance.
€ 19.500
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