Maiorana

Plate taken from ' I discorsi di M. Pietro Andrea Matthioli sanese, medico cesareo, et del serenissimo prencipe Ferdinando arcidvca d'Austria & c. Ne i sei Libri di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo della materia medicinale ' printed in Venice by Vincenzo Valgrisi.Mattioli's Italian translation of the works of Dioscorides. ' Mattioli (1501-1577) was a Siennese doctor and naturalist. He described more than one hundred new plants and contributed to the development of medical botany. This, his most important work, was first printed in 1544 in Italian, 1554 in Latin, French in 1561, Czech in 1562, and in German in 1563. ' The wood cuts in his work were accurate and standardized enough to allow for easy identification. While nominally a commentary on the work of the botanist Dioscordies, Mattioli significantly expanded the work by adding major new contributions. He relied in part on the contributions of the Turkish diplomat, Buscecq, his doctor, Quakelbeen, and the famed botanist, Luca Ghini, who founded the botanical garden in Pisa. ' In this work, Mattioli significantly provided the first known observation of a tomato being grown and eaten in Italy.Woodcut with fine later hand colour, good condition. Plate taken from ' I discorsi di M. Pietro Andrea Matthioli sanese, medico cesareo, et del serenissimo prencipe Ferdinando arcidvca d'Austria & c. Ne i sei Libri di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo della materia medicinale ' printed in Venice by Vincenzo Valgrisi.Mattioli's Italian translation of the works of Dioscorides. ' Mattioli (1501-1577) was a Siennese doctor and naturalist. He described more than one hundred new plants and contributed to the development of medical botany. This, his most important work, was first printed in 1544 in Italian, 1554 in Latin, French in 1561, Czech in 1562, and in German in 1563. ' The wood cuts in his work were accurate and standardized enough to allow for easy identification. While nominally a commentary on the work of the botanist Dioscordies, Mattioli significantly expanded the work by adding major new contributions. He relied in part on the contributions of the Turkish diplomat, Buscecq, his doctor, Quakelbeen, and the famed botanist, Luca Ghini, who founded the botanical garden in Pisa. ' In this work, Mattioli significantly provided the first known observation of a tomato being grown and eaten in Italy.Woodcut with fine later hand colour, good condition. Cfr.