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At the Antiquarian Book Fair in Stuttgart, Reiss & Sohn of Königstein im Taunus, Germany, will present a first edition of Pietro Andrea Mattioli’s New Kreüterbuch (New herbal book). Published by Vincenzo Valgrisi in Venice in 1563, it is richly and colorfully illustrated with woodcuts by Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck. A renowned physician and botanist, Mattioli counted among his patients the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II. reiss-sohn.de