1667 HERBARIO NOVO by Castore DURANTE antique PLANTS BOTANY FULLY ILLUSTRATED

img{max-width:100%} HERBARIO NOVO [...]. CON FIGURE, CHE RAPPRESENTANO LE VIVE PIANTE, CHE NASCONO IN TUTTA EUROPA & NELL'INDIE ORIENTIALI, & OCCIDENTALI [...].by DURANTE, CastoreVenice; 1667Folio: 9 by 12 1/3"[12]-476-[27] pp. Some dampstaining , lower corner of title repaired and some repairs to the last ff., some manuscript notes, modern leather binding, flat spine with embossed title and ornament - Renowned work on simples and indigenous European plants by Durante (1529-1590), botanist and chief physician at the court of Pope Sixtus V. Illustrated with c. 1000 woodcuts in-text. Large printer's mark on title with the motto "Portum fortiter occupies" : the image of a sail ship within an ornamental frame and allegorical figures,. Ref. Cp. Nissen (BBI), Pritzel, Wellcome. - Provenance:  period manuscript entry on the title page.  text in Italian=============================Castore Durante, also called Castor Durante da Gualdo (1529 –  1590) was a physician, botanist and poet