PAULLI, Simon Quadripartitum Botanicum de simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus... [with:] Continuatio appendicis, ad opus Quadripartitum Botanicum... Strassburg, Daniel Paulli, 1667-68
2 vols in one, 4to (203 x 166 mm), pp 62 [2] 690 [recte 692]; [viii] 59 [1, blank], including 3 engraved frontispieces, engraved portrait, engraved coat-of-arms, and 3 full-page engraved plates in text; a fine copy in contemporary vellum. £1450
Second, considerably expanded edition, with the rare Continuatio appendicis, of Paulli's major work. It first appeared in 1639-40 in Rostock, but in this edition the text is expanded fourfold. In it, Paulli 'arranges plants according to the seasons, in the form of a floral almanac; within each season the plants are listed in alphabetical order. Along with the uses and effects of the vegetal medicines, he provides bibliographical information. The star-thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) is discussed here, apparently for the first time. An appendix reprints his Rostock inaugural lecture ... which contains the first mention of the use of a cow's bladder in giving enemas' (DSB).
Paulli (1603-1680) was physician to the Danish kings Frederik III and Christian V, and was professor of anatomy, surgery, and botany at Copenhagen. 'Paulli made notable contributions to the technical literature of anatomy and botany. His botanical writings were discussed in detail by Albrecht von Haller, who praised him not only for compiling existing botanical knowledge but also for comparing it with information derived from his own experiments' (ibid). He was also the author of the first Danish flora, Flora Danica (Copenhagen, 1648).
The Continuatio appendicis, which is missing from most copies, contains a comprehensive index and list of authors cited in the main work.
BL 17th-C German P261; Krivatsy 7235; Pritzel 6992; Waller 7235; Wellcome IV p 318 (with Continuatio); NUC: NNBG MOSB DNLM OKU WU; OCLC adds Hunt Institute, Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard, Lloyd Library, Lehigh University, and University of Vermont
£1450
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