1595 FRANCISCI VALLESII Biblical natural history antique 16th CENTURY vellum

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Title: 1595 FRANCISCI VALLESII Biblical natural history antique 16th CENTURY vellum

Description: VALLESIUS, Fr.
De iis quæ scripta sunt, physice in libris sacris, sive de sacra philosophia.
Liber singularis.
Ad Philippum II. Hispaniarum ac Indiarum regem potentissimum.
Lyon (=Geneva), Fr. Le Fèvre; 1595
488, (16) pp.
With woodcut printer's mark.
Original limp vellum. Lacks ties.
Size 4 1/4 by 6 3/4"
Text in Latin

Geneva reprint (1st ed. 1587) of a treatise on Biblical natural history by Francisco Vallés de Covarrubias (1524-1592), physician of King Philip II of Spain, to whom the book is dedicated. Includes Lemnius' 'De plantis sacris' and Fr. Rueus 'De gemmis'.
- Adams V-136. Thorndike VI, 393 ff.: "Another much read book by him was an explanation of the similitude and parables which are found in the herbs and trees of the bible. (...).
It was not entirely limited to herbs mentioned in the Bible but gives some from the New World."
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1595 FRANCISCI VALLESII Biblical natural history antique 16th CENTURY vellum

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