Pietro Andrea Mattioli. "Pomi di Adamo." From I Discorsi... nelli sei libri di Pedacio Dioscoridi Anazarbeo della materia medicinale. Hora di nuovo dal suo istesso autore ricorretti, & in più di mille luoghi aumentati.
Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1568. Folio. Woodcut. Later hand color. Light discoloration at right, into image. Else, very good condition.
From the second of the Valgrisi Venice editions of the "grand Mattioli" with the full series of the magnificent large woodcuts and the first Italian edition so illustrated. The first edition was published in Italian in 1544 and the first Latin edition in 1554. The first Valgrisi edition of 1565 is the first containing Mattioli's fuller notes.