Coloquios dos simples, e drogas he cousas mediçinais da India e assi dalgu[m]as frutas
Subtitle: achadas nella onde se tratam algu[m]as cousas tocantes a mediçina, practica, e outras cousas boas pera saber
By: co[m]postas pello doutor Garçia Dorta ...
Publisher: Por Ioannes de Endem
Published: 1563
Place of publication: Impresso em Goa
Language: por; lat
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Materia medica; Early works to 1800; Vegetable Materia medica; Medicinal plants; Medical Botany; Materia Medica; Medicinal Plants
Work titles: Colóquios dos simples e drogas e coisas medicinais da India e de algumas frutas
Notes: Written in dialogue form.

There are two known states. In the first state, leaf D3 is foliated '27' and has 27 lines of text on recto, ending in 'qua'. In the second state, leaf D3 is a cancel, foliated '29' and with 26 lines of text on recto, ending in 'q̃'. The cancel leaf has revised text eliminating a reference to 'deleitaçã[o] carnal' on D3v.

Signatures: [par.]⁸ A-B⁸ C¹⁰ D-2I⁸ ([par.]8, 2H8 blank); C3-5 signed 'Cij', 'Ciij', 'Ciiij' respectively.

Errors in foliation: leaves 251-258 misnumbered 210-211, 210, 210, 212, 212, 212, 217 respectively; many other foliation errors.

Catchwords on verso of each leaf.

Historiated woodcut initials.

Commendatory sonnet (leaf [par.]4r) and dedication by Orta addressed to Martim Afonso de Sousa ([par. 2v-[par.]3v).

The ode, "Ao Conde do Redondo, viso Rey da India, [por] Luis de Camoẽs" ([par.]4v-[par.]5v), is the earliest published work of Camões.

"Do liçençiado, Dimas Bosque, medico valençiano ao leitor": leaves [par.]6r-[par.]7r.

Latin letter from Tomás Rodrigues da Veiga to Dimas Bosque (leaves Ff1r-Ff2r).

"Coloquio do betre e outras cousas em q[ue] se enme[n]dam algu[m]as faltas de toda a obra as quais ficaram por esqueçimento, e pode os o leitor ler acabados os coloquios de letra .B. q[ue] he no coloquio do betre": leaves Ii1r-Ii8r.

Errata: leaves Ff3r-Gg4v.

Includes index.

No restrictions on access copy. Unrestricted online access

Boxer, C.R. Tentative check-list of Indo-Portuguese imprints 1556-1674, 7.

Anselmo, A.J. Bib. Portugal s. 16, 535.

King Manuel. Early Portuguese books, 100.

Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bib. portuguez, III, 116-117.

Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 99513.

Purchased for the Boston Medical Library through the Solomon M. Hyams Fund Goldschmidt 1935 Feb. 4 29487.

From the Solomon M. Hyams Collection.

Bound in late polished brown calf, covers penelled and decorated in gilt, red leather label on spine, spine lettered and stamped in gilt.