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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Herbario nuovo...con figure, che rappresentano le vive piante, che nascondo in tutta Europa, & nell' Indie Orientali, & Occidentali.

Rome: Bartolomeo Bonafidino, 1585.

Durante, physician to Pope Sixtus V, published this encyclopedia of medicinal plants from Europe and the East and West Indies, illustrated with woodcuts by Leonardo Parasole. The work contains discussions of the habitat and medicinal uses of each species, in both Italian and Latin. It went through eleven editions in Italian, German and Spanish. Reprints appeared occasionally for over 130 years. 

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#10959
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/13155
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLherbario-nuovo

Geographic Context

Publication place: Rome