Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Piso, Willem, 1611-1678
Title:
Gulielmi Pisonis medici Amstelædamensis De Indiæ utriusque re naturali et medica libri quatuordecim, quorum contenta pagina sequens exhibet.
Published / Created:
Amstelædami : apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios, 1658.
Physical Description:
[24], 327, [5], 39, 226, [2] p. : ill. ; 37 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations are hand-colored.
Contents:
(from added title page) Gulielmi Pisonis ... I. De aëribus, aquis, & locis -- II. De natura & cura morborum, Occidentali Indiæ, imprimis Brasiliæ, familiarium -- III. De animalibus, aquatilibus, volatilibus, & terrestribus, edulibus -- IV. De arboribus, fructibus, & herbis medicis, atque alimentariis, nascentibus in Brasilia & regionibus vicinis -- V. De noxiis & venenatis, eorumque antidotis ; Quibus insertæ sunt animalium quorundam vivæ sectiones, tum & aliquot metamorphoses insectorim -- VI. Mantissa aromatica &c. Posita post Bontii tractatus / Georgii Margravii de Liepstadt -- I. Tractatus topographicus & meteorologicus Brasiliæ, cum observatione eclipsis solaris -- II. Commentarius de Brasiliensium & Chilensium indole ac lingua &c. / Iacobi Bontii ... -- I. De conservanda valetudine -- II. Methodus medendi -- III. Observationes in cadaveribus -- IV. Notæ in Garciam ab Orta -- V. Historia animalium -- VI. Historia plantarum
Subject Terms:
Orta, Garcia de, 16th cent. Coloquios dos simples e drogas. | Langdale, James -- Bookplate. | Elzevirios, Ludovicum et Danielem -- Publisher. | Natural history -- India. | Medicine -- Brazil. | Indians of South America. | Medicine -- India.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1658. | Woodcuts -- Hand-colored -- 1658.
Contributors:
Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644. | Bondt, Jakob de, 1592-1631.