16th-century leaf with a large illustration showing the harvesting of cinnamon from Ambroise Paré’s Distillations
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.CLXXVI-M.CLXXVII) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Distillations. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The image on this leaf shows (roughly translated from..... More
