Del modo di distillare le acque da tutte le piante - Mattioli, Pietro Andrea 1501-c.1577 (s.l. s.n., 1568)
Not clear if this is a first edition or a reprint from 1604.
Pietro Andrea Mattioli was a renowned botanist and physician, and this is attested to by his published works. As Mattioli held a post in the Imperial Court as physician to Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, and the Emperor Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, this granted him immense influence. Some of his practice included the frequent testing of the effects of poisonous plants on prisoners in order to popularize his works--no doubt a common practice at the time. Mattioli did not tolerate either rivals or corrections. The naturalists and physicians who dared to disagree or correct him did so at their peril. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Andrea_Mattioli
Et come vi si possino conservare i loro veri odori & sapori
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); Science; Medicine; Italy