Officinae Ioannis Ravisii Textoris epitome.

Description:

Joannes Ravisius Textor or Jean Tixier (1480-1524) wrote this book which could be described as an encyclopedic dictionary in which he talks about several matters. He talks about the most famous poets, literates, afmous people and mythology. He talks about good people and bad people, their habits, their food and the way they dressed. In addition this edition has a chapter titles CORNUCOPIAE QUO CONTINENTUR LOCA DIVERSIS REBUS PER ORBEM ABUNDANTIA...in which he speaks about regions and states in the world describing what they produce such as plants, medical plants, metals, etc...

subjects: Classical Mythology,  Classical antiquities,  Classical biography,  Classical literature,  Early works to 1600,  Early works to 1800,  Encyclopedias,  Encyclopedias and dictionaries,  Geographical Names