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Beinecke MS 1204
Prague, [about 1563].
Mattioli, Pietro Andrea, 1501-1577, Wood block of an Achillea Ptarmica.
1 : wood ; 220 x 155 mm.
- Restricted fragile material. May only be seen with permission of appropriate curator.
- Wood block of pear wood, containing illustration of the plant Achillea Ptarmica, used
in the printing of the German translation of Mattioli's Discorsi (Prague: 1563).
- Purchased from Camille Sourget on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
- Note pasted on back in the hand of French botanist Duhamel du Monceau.
- Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Wood Block of an Achillea Ptarmica.
Subjects:
- Mattioli, Pietro Andrea, 1501-1577.
- Manuscripts, Renaissance -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
- Botany -- Early works to 1800.
- Manuscripts, Renaissance -- Prague -- 16th century.
- Wood blocks (printing blocks) -- Prague -- 16th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.