Botanologicon (Euricii Cordi Simesusii Medici Botanologicon) - Angebunden / Bound with: Antonio Musa Brasavola - Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum, quorum in officinis usus est. Addita sunt Insuper Aristotelis problemata, quae ad stirpium genus, & oleracea pertinent.

Cordus, Euricius / Brasavola, Antonio Musa / [Hieronymus Schreiber / Jerôme Schreiber]

Published by Cologne (Köln) / Leyden (Lyon), Johann Gymnicus (Gymnich) / Johannes and Franciscus Frellon, 1534 / 1537., 1537

Octavo. Collation complete: I. Euricius Cordus - Botanologicon: Title with the woodcut device of Cologne-printer Johann Gymnicus, including his Motto, the first line of a Verse from the Aeneid by Virgil 'Discite Iustitiam Moniti', 183, [21] pp., 2 blank leaves. The titlepage of the Botanologicon bears the manuscript ownership-entry of Nuremberg's Astronomer, Philosopher and Mathematician Hieronymus Schreiber [also called Jerôme Schreiber], student-friend of Euricius Cordus' son Valerius Cordus in Wittenberg and later trustee of Valerius Cordus' scholarly estate after Valerius Cordus' premature death in Rome. Dated in the same hand on the titlepage also the entry 'Anno 1539', when Valerius Cordus matriculated at Wittenberg and Schreiber already had studied there since May 1532. With several contemporary manuscript annotations throughout both titles (the Botanologicon and Examen) / II. A. M. Brasavola - Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum: Title, [1], ['Reverendissimo to Ioannes Argenterius', 4 pp.], ['Ad Illustris & Sereniss. ('Epistola Nuncupatoria') to the Duces of Ferrara' 17 pp.], [Epigramma, 1 p.], [Examen & Aristotelis Problemata 542 pages, [Dedication to Franciscus Frellaeus, 2 pp.], [Index copiosissimus in Examen Omnium, 13 pp.], [1]. With several manuscript annotations. Original, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards with some stronger signs of running to the corners, with partially bevelled edges and both of the original metal clasps intact. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Title in ink to upper spine and also to top of fore-edge. Very few pressed plants loosely inserted. Interior in excellent condition with some minor staining to very few pages only. The Hieronymus Schreiber provenance is a stunning discovery. A more detailed in-depth-publication regarding this item is necessary and already in preparation, with a plethora of comparative sources; taken into account historical and recent publications. Hieronymus Schreiber is a cipher, yet still so much is already known about him that amazes. He is not only most famous for being the recipient of one of the first editions of Nicolaus Copernicus' - De Revolutionibus, fresh from the printing press by Johannes Petreius. But furthermore, a manuscript annotation in Schreiber's copy of Copernicus masterpiece was later discovered by Kepler to clarify the Preface of Copernicus' work had been hijacked by Andreas Osiander. Manuscript annotations throughout the Botanologicon reference the genus Cuscuta in Brasavola's Examen. This is an important discovery because it supports Hieronymus Schreiber's ownership / Schreiber suffered knowingly from chronic liver-problems and famously, prior to the fateful trip to Italy with Valerius Cordus, he went to Aachen to cure and seek relief from this very issue. Cuscuta was not only in TCM, but also generally, known during the Renaissance as remedy for liver-issues. Schreiber's time in Aachen is recorded in correspondence between Philip Melanchthon and Hieronymus Schreiber [see Corpus Reformatorum] and correspondence between Philip Melanchthon and Joachim Camerarius even proves Hieronymus Schreiber living with Melanchthon in Wittenberg, where a regular study-group would certainly have included Valerius Cordus [letter mentioned in Corpus Reformatorum - Volume V]. About the importance of especially this Sammelband of Euricius Cordus' Botanologicon and Antonio Musa Brasavola's Examen omnium simplicium medicamentorum': Some of the Annotations in the Examen reference the Botanologicon; especially on page 502 of the Examen in which Brasavola denies previous knowledge of the Botanologicon when writing his work. Edward Lee Greene (and Frank N. Egerton, ed.) already found page 502 of Brasavola's Examen important enough to illustrate the undeniable connection of 'Botanologicon' and 'Examen' by including a full translation from latin of the long passage of Brasavola's denial (see Volume II, p.696/697 of 'Landma. Seller Inventory # 28952AB

Bibliographic Details

Title: Botanologicon (Euricii Cordi Simesusii ...
Publisher: Cologne (Köln) / Leyden (Lyon), Johann Gymnicus (Gymnich) / Johannes and Franciscus Frellon, 1534 / 1537.
Publication Date: 1537
Binding: Hardcover