Petri Andreae Matthioli, medici caesarei et Ferdinandi, Archiducis Austriae, Opera quae extant omnia : hoc est, Commentarii in VI. libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medica materia : adjectis in margine variis Graeci textus lectionibus, ex antiquissimis codicibus desumptis, qui Dioscoridis depravatam lectionem restituunt
Basileae: Sumptibus Joannis König, 1674
Booth Family Center for Special Collections
Georgetown University Library
Purchase, 2021
Call # General LC Folios R126.D7 M42 1674 Vault
This work by Mattioli (1501-1577), one of the most famous herbalists of his century, began as a commentary on the first-century De Materia Medica of Dioscorides. However, Mattioli’s extensive descriptions and images of plants and their medicinal and other properties made this herbal entirely his own.
Mattioli served as physician in the court of Holy Roman Emperors Ferdinand I and Maximilian II. His herbal, which describes some animals and minerals as well, was printed in multiple editions and several languages across Europe in his lifetime.