Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medica materia (Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedacius Dioscorides of Anazarbe’s De Medica Materia), First Edition, Latin Edition

This is a first edition of the 16th-century scholar Pietro Andrea Mattioli’s commentaries on the celebrated work by the ancient Greek physician Dioscorides (c. 40 - c. 90 CE) of Anazarbus in modern-day Turkey). Dioscorides’ work on medicinal plants was widely translated and transmitted well into the Renaissance. This fine edition features over 900 large woodcut illustrations of plants, animals and more.