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VALLESIUS, Fr. De iis quæ scripta sunt, physice in libris sacris, sive de sacra philosophia. Liber singularis. Ad Philippum II. Hispaniarum ac Indiarum regem potentissimum. Lyon (=Geneva), Fr. Le Fèvre, 1595. 488, (16) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark. Cont. limp vellum. (Ties lack, bookplate on paste down, slightly foxed).

Geneva reprint (1st ed. 1587) of a treatise on Biblical natural history by Francisco Vallés de Covarrubias (1524-1592), physician of King Philip II of Spain, to whom the book is dedicated. Includes Lemnius' 'De plantis sacris' and Fr. Rueus 'De gemmis'. - Adams V-136. Thorndike VI, 393 ff.: "Another much read book by him was an explanation of the similitude and parables which are found in the herbs and trees of the bible. (...). It was not entirely limited to herbs mentioned in the Bible but gives some from the New World."

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