Title: Stirpivm adversaria nova

Other Title: A New Notebook of Plants: A very easy investigation and a brilliant addition to the medicinal matter (materia medica) of the ancients—especially Dioscorides—and of the moderns

Names: Pierre Pena (active 1535–1605); Matthias de L’Obel (1538–1616); Thomas Purfoot (d. 1639 or 1640, printer); Bibliothèque publique de Neuchâtel (former owner); Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published: London (Londini), printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1570 [i.e. 1571]

Description:
This work presents a detailed study of plants and serves as an important contribution to materia medica, building upon both ancient authorities such as Dioscorides and contemporary botanical knowledge. It includes plans for a second part containing an appendix of plant notes, discussions on medicinal and metallic extracts, a comprehensive collection of selected remedies from ancient and modern medicine, and a treatise on substitutes (succedaneis).