PROFUMERIA - DURANTE, Castore (1529-1590) - Herbario nuovo. Venice: Giunti, 1636. 

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Lot 231 | PROFUMERIA - DURANTE, Castore (1529-1590) - Herbario nuovo. Venice: Giunti, 1636. 
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[PROFUMERIA] - DURANTE, Castore (1529-1590) - Herbario nuovo. Venice: Giunti, 1636.

Third edition of this famous herbarium: "The plant descriptions are written in the form of poems which Arber describes as' pleasingly unscientific" (Hunt).

4to (235 x 170mm). Frontispiece printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, woodcut initials and headpieces (title, first three leaves and final two with the external margin restored with paper additions, browning and various stains). 17th-century half calf with gilt title on label on spine, red edges (plasticized spine, slight defects). Provenance: Angelo Petronii (contemporary ownership inscription on title); Libreria antiquaria Angelo Gandolfi Bologna (antiquarian bookseller's label on counterplate)
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