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Galle - Italian Oak
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Extraordinary Italian 16th Century WOODBLOCK - Andrea Matthioli.


This beautiful illusration is a page from Pietro Andrea Mattioli 's (1500-1577) famous work: "I discorsi di Pietro Andrea Matthioli Sanese, medico cesareo : nei sei libbri di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo della materia Medicinale" published in Venice in the 16th Century.

Mattioli was one of the most famous herbalists of the 16th century and was responsible for incorporating many New World plants into botanical knowledge. The vivid woodcuts in his work were based on works by Wolfgang Meyerspeck or Giorgio Liberale. Mattioli studied medicine in Venice and Padua, and became a doctor. After the publication of his book, he was called to be the personal physician to the Archduke Maximilian in Prague.


Dimensions: 9.25 X 13.75

 

Condition: Light toning of sheet (but it is less yellow than it appears in this scan- with nicer contrast in colors).

 

Text on opposite side. Print from opposite side shows through on image side as is the case with most old woodblock prints. Otherwise very good.

 

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