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Oak Tree, from Mattioli's Commentaires, Lyons, 1579. Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (1501-1577) was a doctor and naturalist born in Siena. A careful student of botany, he described 100 new plants and coordinated the medical botany of his time in his Disc
Oak Tree, from Mattioli's Commentaires, Lyons, 1579. Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (1501-1577) was a doctor and naturalist born in Siena. A careful student of botany, he described 100 new plants and coordinated the medical botany of his time in his Discorsi (Commentaries). The woodcuts in Mattioli's work were of a high standard, allowing recognition of the plant even when the text was obscure.
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