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Title(s):
Herbarius.
Additional Title(s):
Herbarius latinus.
Published/Created:
Patauie [Passau, Germany] : [J. Petri], impressus Anno domini lxxxvj [1486].
Physical Description:
174 unnumbered leaves (1 blank) : woodcuts ; 21 cm. (4to)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0426
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Each plant description is accompanied by a simple, schematic woodcut illustration.
One hundred fifty half-page woodcuts of plants numbered i-cl, arranged alphabetically by plant name; hand colored, primarily in green.
Leaves printed on both sides; there are no page numbers.
Text in Gothic type (black letter).
Includes index.
Catalogue of incunabula in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 286
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H65
A catalogue of early herbals mostly from the well-known library of Dr. Karl Becher, 8
Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00065000
Klebs, A.C. Incunabula scientifica et medica, 506.7
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 12275
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 4209
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0426: Imperfect: 12 leaves only: xxi, xxii, xxix, xxx, xxxi, xxxix, xxxiiii, xlv, xlvi, lxiii, cx, and cxxxv. The woodcuts are hand-colored. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Herbals -- Early works to 1800.
Incunabula in Yale Library.
Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.
Materia medica, Vegetable -- Early works to 1800.
Medicinal plants -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine, Medieval.
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Petri, Johann, active 1485–1498, printer.
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