Ambrosinus, Hyacinthus; Ambrosini, Giacinto, 1605-1671.; Tinti, Lorenzo, d. 1672, engraver. Hyacinthi Ambrosini ... Phytologiae hoc est De plantis partis primae tomus primus. In quo herbarum nostro saeculo descriptarum, nomina, aequivoca, synonyma, ac etymologiae investigantur. Additis aliquot plantarum vivis iconibus. Opus in omni scientiarum genere studiosis utilissimum, lexiconquè botanicum absolutissimum; cum indice trilingui copiosissimo.
Bononiae Bologna, sumptib.Haeredum Evangelistae de Ducciis, 1664.[16], 576, [70] p. 32 cm. folio. 20th century full calf. spine gilt decorated and letterd. Blindstamped. One engraving, etching ; full-page. ( = titleprint), signed Lauren. Tintus faciebat. ( = Allegorical figures in a garden, with arms of the University of Bologna.) 36 woodcuts 18 x 12 cm. or smaller. Woodcut device on titlepage with motto Adiuta viuacior; ornamental headpeace; historiated and ornamental initials. tear repaired in titlepage, some foxing, but in very good / fine condition. Provenance in handwritting in a contemporary hand on titlepage. :" Di Niccolò Fallani ".
" De nicotiana, siue tabaco. Synonyma, & etymum ": p. 377-378.Errata: p. [70] Includes indexes in Latin, Italian and Greek.
" Authorum in opere citatorum explicationes nominum ": p. [12-14] Pritzel 132; Wellcome cat. of printed books,II, p. 39
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.: Suppl.),; 22n Hunt botanical cat., 303; "Giacinto Ambrosini was a distinguished Italian botanist.and director of the botanical gardens at Bologna from 1657 - 1665, following the directorship of his brother Bartolomeo. The genus Ambrosinia was named after the two brothers. " He wrote a ctalogue of the Hortus of Bologna , "Hortus Bononiae studiosirum consitus " and the "Phytologiae ", a botanical dictionary of which the first volume just has been published before he died. The second volume on the trees didn't appaer because of his death. Rather scarce first and only edition. EUR 3,500.00
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