Initials; tail-pieces.

Consists of six parts, of which the 1st has caption title, the 2d half-title, and the remaining 4 parts special title-pages.

Rare Book copy: Title page lacking.

"Del tabaco y de sus grandes virtudes": leaves 41-50; ill. on half-title of Segunda parte. For discussion and Frampton's translation of selected passages, cf. Arents 15. "De los cañutos para el asma" (tobacco as asthma remedy): leaves 117v-118r.

"Van en esta impression la Tercera parte y el Dialogo del hierro nueuamente hechos, que no han sido impressos hasta agora. Do ay cosas grandes y dignas de saber."

Part 1 first issued 1565 under title: Dos libros. El uno trata de todas las cosas ...; pt. 2 first issued 1571 under title: Segunda parte del libro, de las cosas ...

"Segunda parte del libro, de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales ... Do se trata del tabaco ..." (leaves [40]-96) has special half-title. "Tercera parte de la historia medicinal ..." (leaves 97-123), "Libro que trata de dos medicinas ..." (leaves 125-156), "Dialogo del hierro ..." (leaves 157-185), and "Libro que trata de la nieue ..." (leaves 186-206) have special title pages.

Running title, pt. 1: Primera parte [or: Parte primera]. De las cosas que traen de las Indias Occidentales; pts. 2-3, leaves 42v-121r: Parte segunda [or: Segunda parte] ...; pt. 3, leaves 121v-123v: Parte tercera [or: Par. ter.] ...

Signatures: A⁶ B-2D⁸ (2D8 blank).

Illustrations (in pt. 2): 11 prints : woodcut ; 12 x 7 cm. or smaller. Subject: American materia medica; cf. Guerra.

Publisher's device (Vindel, F. Escudos, 307) on 5th t.p. and colophon, leaf 206v; historiated and floriated initials.

Errata statement: leaf [207]v.

Arents, G. Tobacco, 19 (lacks leaf [207]); 15 (original ed. of pt. 2); 24 (English translation by John Frampton)

Sabin 49938

Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 175487

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 574/38

Hunt botanical cat., I, 119

Wellcome cat. of printed books 4392

Guerra, F. Monardes, 13