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DIOSCORIDES and COMMENTARIES]. AMATUS LUSITANUS. In Dioscorides Anazarbei de Medica libros quinque enarrationes... Strassburg: W. Ribelius, 1554. 4to, 183 x 148 mm., marbled boards; title soiled with a few large tears/chips repaired (patched on verso). Second edition. NLM/Durling 215. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DIOSCORIDES, PEDACIUS. De medica materia libri sex, joanne Ruellio Suessionensi interprete... Paris: Simon de Coline, 1537. 8vo, 150 x 103 mm., contemporary calf, spine gilt. A finely printed edition of Ruelle's esteemed translation of Dioscorides, first published in 1516. Printer's device on title. NLM/Durling 1146. Some early annotations; Camillo Schiavini, Crema, bookplate; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DIOSCORIDES. De medica materia libros quinque... Lyon: Balthazar Arnoullet, 1558. 8vo, blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. Woodcut printer's device on title and numerous woodcuts in text. Baudrier X, p. 151. Early ownership inscription on title; Daniel Wilhelm Nebelius, bookplate; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DIOSCORIDES. Dioscoridis libris octo graece et latine... Paris: A. Birkmann, 1549. 8vo, 160 x 110 mm., contemporary vellum. Greek text edited by Jacques Goupyl, with the Latin translation and commentary of Ruelle. Adams D-657; NLM/Durling 1136. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DIOSCORIDES. De materia medica libri sex... Lyon: Jean and François Frellon, 1546. 16mo, 125 x 80 mm., later vellum-backed boards. Woodcut printer's device on title and woodcut initials. Baudrier V, pp. 206-07. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (5)