Herbarium apulei (1481)
Subtitle: Herbolario volgare (1522)
By: con una introduzione di Erminio Caprotti e un saggio di William T. Stearn
Contributors: Albergoni, F. G.
Series: Libri rari -- 3; Herbolario volgare (1522)
Publisher: Il polifilo
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Milano
Language: lat; ita; eng
Subjects: Botany; Pre-Linnean works; Herbals; Early works to 1800; Herbs; Medical Botany; Medieval Medicine
Other titles: Herbolario volgare, 1522; Herbarius. Italian.
Notes: Facsimile reprints.

Herbarium apulei traditionally ascribed to Apuleius.

Herbolario volgare, Italian version of Herbarius moguntinue (1484)

Introduction and background notes also in English.

Includes indexes.

Includes apparatus (2 tables and 5 indexes) for plant identification by F.G. Albergoni.

"In this volume are reprinted in facsimile together for the first time two well known and rare ancient herbals which represent two different phases in the development of ... botanical theory and practice during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance."

Bibliography: p. xliii-[xlv], t. 1.
Table of contents: title: t. 1. Introduzione / E. Caprotti. L'Herbarium apulei e L'Herbola rio volgare nella tradizione dell'illustrazione botanica / W.T. Stearn. Bibliografia. English texts. Herbarium apulaei platonici; title: t. 2. Herbolario volgare. Tavole e indici.