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<dl><dd>Text primarily in Latin with some words in Hebrew, Arabic, and Ethiopian languages</dd>
<dd>Includes a discussion of the origins of aloe in Arabia and the Indian Ocean regions, the varieties, the nature of its extracts and its uses. Also discusses the cultivation of the aloe and the climate necessary for it to thrive. Includes a number of references to a variety cultivated in the Americas</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-C⁴ (A1 verso blank) D²</dd>
<dd>Woodcut head piece; initial</dd>
<dd>Krivatsky, P. Seventeenth cent. printed books in the National Library of Medicine</dd>
<dd>Alden, J.E. European Americana</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Aloe; Aloe vera; Botany, Medical; Medicinal plants; Medicine; Imprint 1670</div>
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<dl><dd>Friderici, Johann Arnold, 1637-1672</dd>
<dd>Beier, Gottfried, active 1669-1677</dd></dl></div>
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