Book/Printed Material Historia naturalis Brasiliae Historia natvralis Brasiliae

Title

• Historia naturalis Brasiliae : auspicio et beneficio illustriss. I. Mauriti Com. Nassau illius provinciae et maris summi praefecti adornata : in qua non tantum plantae et animalia, sed et indigenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur et iconibus supra quingentas illustrantur

Other Title

• Historia natvralis Brasiliae

Names

• Piso, Willem, 1611-1678
• Laet, Joannes de, 1581-1649
• Elzevir, Louis, 1604-1670, printer
• Hackius, Franciscus, active 1638-1664, printer
• Sulivan, Richard Joseph, 1752-1806, former owner
• Marggraf, Georg, 1610-1644
• Smithsonian Institution, former owner
• Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
• Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
• Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)
• Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• Lugdun. Batavorum : Apud Franciscum Hackium, et Amstelodami, apud Lud. Elzevirium, 1648.

Headings

• -  Natural history--Brazil--Early works to 1800
• -  Medicine--Brazil--Early works to 1800
• -  Indians of South America--Early works to 1800
• -  Netherlands--Amsterdam
• -  Netherlands--Leiden

Notes

• -  Added t.p. (leaf 2) reads: Guilielmi Pisonis ... De medicina Brasiliensi libri quatuor: I. De aëre, aquis, & locis. II. De morbis endemis. III. De venenatis & antidotis. IV. De facultatibus simplicium. Et Georgi Marcgravi de Leibstad ... Historiae rerum naturalium Brasiliae libri octo: Quorum tres priores aguni de plantis. Quartus de piscibus. Quintus de avibus. Sextus de quadrupedibus & serpentibus. Septimus de insectis. Octavus de ipsa regione, & illius incolis. cum appendice de tapuyis, et Chilensibus Ioannes de Laet ...
• -  Marggraf's works have special half-title and separate pagination and signatures.
• -  Engraved t.p.
• -  Signatures: *⁶ [italic]A-[italic]P⁴ [italic]Q² [dagger]⁴ A-2O⁴ 2P².
• -  Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, 244
• -  Moraes, R.B. de. Bibliographia brasiliana, p. 152-153
• -  Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, 1533
• -  Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium (1872-1877 edition), 7157
• -  Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 63028
• -  Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson, 1025
• -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1433
• -  Includes index.
• -  LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Part of the Smithsonian deposit. Stamped in gilt on cover: Ober Rath.
• -  LC copy has inscription: Ex libris Michaelis Mülleri Ged. Ink stamps of the Smithsonian Institution and Biblioth. Publ. Reg. Stuttg., with its withdrawal stamp.
• -  Kislak accession no.: 1999.020.00.0001. QH117 .P67 Copy 1 transferred from rare general stacks to the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. he04 2017-09-05
• -  LAC iak 2018-09-14
• -  LAC kcc 2018-09-21 review (2 cards)
• -  LAC ddw 2022-02-16 update (1 card)

Medium

• [12], 122, [10], 293, [7] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 38 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

• QH117 .P67
• QH117 .P67 Copy 2 Engraved title page and hand-colored illustrations.
• QH117 .P67 Copy 3 Rosenwald copy. Bookplate of RIchard Joseph Sullivan.
• QH117 .P67 Copy 5 Decorated paper pastedowns and endpapers. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Accompanying material laid in.

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/General.02630c2
• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1433

Library of Congress Control Number

• 06002630

Online Format

• online text
• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/06002630

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