Pedanii Dioscoridis ... de medica materia libri sex ... : his accessit, praeter pharmacorum simplicium catalogum, copiosus omnium ferme medelarum sive curationum index
A 1554 Latin edition of Dioscorides' six books on medicinal materials, translated and annotated by Jean Ruel and published in Paris by Jacobus Faber, a pharmacological text written for physicians, apothecaries and students of plants. The single picture is a woodcut of a bearded armoured figure holding a scroll and a sickle-like blade, standing over a crouching small figure among leafy plants, a bold outline style suited to historical herbal or medical emblem references.
