Matthiolus - Compendium de Plantis Omnibus - 1992

Petri Andreae Matthioli (Pietro Andrea Matthiolus)
Compendium de Plantis omnibus
Facsimile edition

Venice, 1571 - Budapest, 1992

Original title:
Petri Andreae MATTHIOLI, Senensis, medici, COMPENDIUM de Plantis omnibus, vna cum earum iconibus, de quibus scripsit suis in commentariis in Dioscoridem editis, in eorum studiosorum commodum, atque vsum; qui plantis conquirendis, ac indagandis student.

(An EXTRACT by Petrus Andreas MATTHIOLUS, phisycian in Siena, of plants of all kinds, with illustrations, which are described in his published commentarieson Dioscorides, for the benefit and use of scholars who are making efforts in gathering and discovering plants.)

Pietro Andrea Gregorio Matthiolus (1501–1577) was a physician and naturalist born in Siena. He received his medical degree at the University of Padua in 1523 and later served as personal physician to Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, and Emperor Maximilian II. A careful student of botany, he described around 100 new plant species.

The work presents nearly 1,000 plants with woodcut illustrations, focusing on their identification and medical use.

Originally published by Valgrisius (Vincenzo Valgrisi) in Venice in 1571. This edition is a limited facsimile reprint produced in a Budapest workshop in 1992.

Bound in full leather with gilt decoration and metal clasps. Housed in a matching faux-leather clamshell box.

Accompanying multilingual booklet (German, English, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak) with a foreword and two letters addressed to Matthiolus.

Hand-numbered limited edition. This copy is number 19, a very low number within the edition. The original purchaser’s name is handwritten next to the numbering.

Condition: Good. The leather case and the facsimile volume are in perfect condition.