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Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1568. (Colophon dated 1567).. TITLE CONTINUED: traduictes en vers francois. TWO WORKS BOUND TOGETHER AS USUAL. The poem by Nicander precedes Des Venins with a separate title page dated 1567. FIRST FRENCH EDITION 1568. 8vo, approximately 220 x 160 mm, 8½ x 6¼ inches, Plantin's pictorial device to each title page, decorative and pictorial initials, approximately 62 woodcuts of venomous snakes, plants, fungi, animals, reptiles, fish, frogs, scorpions, dragon, a mad dog with rabies. POEM by NICANDER pages: [2], 3-90, [2] - abridged life of Nicander and errata; DES VENINS: [8], [1-2] 3-333 plus [7] - last page blank, Le Content des Privileges, dated 1565, on verso title page, fine binding in 19th century polished panelled calf by bookbinder Roger de Coverley (his name just visible at top of first pastedown), 3 gilt lettered labels and extra gilt decoration to spine, gilt fleurons and rules to covers and a central gilt coat of arms of the 5th Earl Spencer (John Poyntz… Read More