Joyfull Newes Out of the New-found World

Лот 4
25.05.2022 17:00UTC -05:00
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$ 15 120
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Лот 4 | Joyfull Newes Out of the New-found World
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$ 8 000 – 12 000
Joyfull Newes Out of the New-found WorldNicholás Monardes, 1596MONARDES, Nicholás (c.1512-1588). Joyfull Newes Out of the New-found World. Translated by John Frampton. London: Printed by E. Allde by the assign of Bonham Norton, 1596. Third English edition of several important Spanish treatises on American pharmacopeia, JCB-Ternaux-Compans copy. In addition to describing the uses and cultivation of quinine, sassafras, and cassava, Monardes "was the first physician to write of the vegetable poison curare, and his lengthy description of an even more famous American plant introduced to Europe the words tabaco and nicotain” (Norman). The additional treatises on the medical properties of the bezoar stone, iron and steel, and snow appeared first in English in the 1580 second edition. Arents 24A; Church 253; ESTC S112807; Hunt 173; Norman 1535; Wellcome 4397. Four parts in one, quarto (181 x 129mm). General title and one section title within ornamental borders, 12 woodcut illustrations (a few small repairs to blank areas, toned, some small stains, final leaf a little soiled with repair just touching printed area). 19th-century stamped calf by C. Lewis with gilt monogram of Ternaux-Compans covering the blindstamped emblem of William Prest, edges gilt (rebacked). Provenance: William Prest (1744-1818; binding, his sale, Sotheby's, 15 May 1827, lot 405) – Henri Ternaux-Compans (1807-1864; binding) – John Carter Brown (1797-1874; bookplate, bequeathed to:) – John Carter Brown Library (release stamp).
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