Albertus Magnus Tabula tractatuum parvorum naturalium, [col...

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Albertus Magnus
Tabula tractatuum parvorum naturalium,
[colophon:] Venice, heirs of Octavianus Scotus, 1517.
[12], 233. First collected edition of eighteen treatises (listed on the title-page) by Albertus Magnus, including the first appearance of De Vegetabilibus et plantis, "a masterpiece for its independence of treatment, its accuracy and range of detailed description, its freedom from myth, and its innovation in systematic classification" (DSB), and also, incidentally, the first work to mention spinach in Western literature. Condition: title page repaired to margins. Stained in parts, ink annotation to title. Bound in vellum, ink annotation to spine. 320mm x 230mm.