CHAMPIER (Symphorien). Hortus gallicus, pro Gallis in Gallia - Lot 23

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CHAMPIER (Symphorien). Hortus gallicus, pro Gallis in Gallia - Lot 23
CHAMPIER (Symphorien). Hortus gallicus, pro Gallis in Gallia scriptus, veruntamen non minus Italis, Germanis, & Hispanis qua[m] Gallis necessarius [...]. Lyon, in ædibus M. et G. Trechsel fratrum, 1533. 3 volumes in one vol. in-8°. Each volume titled as follows: [general title] 6 ff. 83 pp. [then] Periarchon id est de principiis viriusque philosophiæ [...]. 63 pp. [finally] Campus Elysius Galliæ amœnitate refertus in quo sunt medicinæ compositæ, herbæ & plantæ virentes; in quo quicquid apud Indos, Arabes, & Pœnos reperitur. [8], 135, 1 bl, [4] pp. Fawn calf, 3-nerved spine decorated with a repeated gilt iron and cold fillets, boards in the Du Seuil style, with gilt spandrels and a central gilt iron, cold filleting on the edges and endpapers, title in ink on the gutter. (Contemporary binding?). Rare first edition, 3 parts in one volume, titled and paginated separately, printer's mark engraved on the titles, woodcut initials, woodcut coat-of-arms and colophon in a small woodcut frame on verso to the last leaf of the second part, CHAMPIER's arms added in ink to the last page. First collective edition of the botanical and medical writings of CHAMPIER, French humanist and physician. The text contains numerous references to simple Arab, Indian and African remedies. "These three parts should not be separated, yet they are frequently found in isolation" (Baudrier). Some passages formerly reported, with a few annotations and manicules. Brunet, I, 1768; Adams, C-1325 and C-1327. Baudrier XII, p. 240; Graesse, Trésor de livres rares et précieux, II, 114. Slight wetness in lower margin of very last quire, without damage to text. A good copy.
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