Prosperi Alpini Marosticensis, philosophi, medici, in celeberrimo Lyceo Patavino pharmaciae professoris ordinarii, hortique medici praefecti, Historiæ Ægypti naturalis
Subtitle: pars prima ; qua continentur Rerum Aegyptiarum libri quatuor
By: opus postumum nunc primum ex auctoris autographo, diligentissime recognito, editum ; atque ex eodem tabellis aeneis XXV. illustratum & uberrimo indice auctum
Contributors: Vesling, Johann, 1598-1649; Potuliet, Gerardus, printer; Blokhuysen, R., illustrator; Gloucestershire County Library
Published: 1735
Language: lat
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Social life and customs; Early works to 1800; Balsams; Botany; Pre-Linnean works; Natural history
Other titles: Historiæ Ægypti naturalis; Prosperi Alpini Rerum Ægypti; Prosperi Alpini Ægypti historiæ naturalis tomus posterior; Prosperi Alpini Marosticensis, philosophi, medici &c. Historiæ naturalis Ægypti pars secunda, sive, De plantis Aegypti liber auctus & emendatus.; Historiæ naturalis Ægypti pars secunda, sive, De plantis Aegypti liber auctus & emendatus.; De plantis Aegypti liber auctus & emendatus.; Prosperi Alpini Aegypti historiae naturalis tomus posterior.; Aegypti historiae naturalis tomus posterior.
Notes: Title page to vol. 2 reads: Prosperi Alpini Marosticensis, philosophi, medici &c. Historiæ naturalis Ægypti : pars secunda, sive, De plantis Aegypti liber auctus & emendatus : accedunt tabellae aeneae LXXVII. plantis summo artificio incisis; ut & Dissertatio ejusdem de laserpitio, & lotoaegyptia : cum observationibus & notis Joannis Veslingii, equitis, in Patavino Gymnasio anatomiae & pharmaciae professoris primarii. Accedunt ejusdem Joannis Veslingii Paraeneses ad rem herbariam & vindiciae Opobalsami cum indicibus necessariis."

Title page to both vols. printed in red and black; woodcut title vignette; head-pieces, initials; side-notes.

Vol. 2 has an additional half-title reading "Prosperi Alpini Aegypti historiae naturalis tomus posterior" following title page.

"Jo. Veslingii Mindani, equitis, et in Patavino Gymnasio anatomiae, & pharmaciae professoris primarii, Paraeneses ad rem herbariam publicis plantarum ostensionibus praemissae", "Joannis Veslingii Mindani, equitis, et in Patavino Gymnasio anatomiae & chirurgiae professoris primarii, De plantis Aegyptiis observationes et notae ad Prosperium Alpinum. Cum additamento aliarum ejusdem regionis" and "Joannis Veslingii Mindani, equitis, et in Patavino Gymnasio anatomiae, & pharmaciae professoris primarii, Opobalsami veteribus cogniti vindiciae" each have divisional half-title on leaves L3r, T3r and 2E1r respectively of vol. 2; pagination and register continuous throughout.

Portrait frontispiece signed R. Blokhuysen fecit.

Signatures: vol. 1: pi1 *-2*⁴ A-2I⁴ 2K²; vol. 2: pi1 [dagger]⁴ A-2S⁴ 2T².

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Johnston, S.H. Cleveland herbal, botanical, and horticultural collections, 378

William Patrick Watson Antiquarian Books : purchase :  2016 :  $2690.00

SCNHRB copy Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.

SCNHRB copy (39088016467995, 39088016468035) stamped on front paste-downs: Gloucestershire County Library.

SCNHRB copy bound in cream-colored paper boards, title in gilt within leather spine label, red mottled edges.