Ortus sanitatis, anno salutis millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo primo, die vero Iouis vicesima tercia mensis Junij [23 June 1491]
- Title(s):
- Ortus sanitatis.
- Additional Title(s):
Tractatus de herbis
Tractatus de animalibus vitam in teris ducentium
Tractatus de auibus
Tractatus de piscibus
Tractatus de lapidibus
Tractatus de vrinis
Hortus sanitatis.- Published/Created:
- [Mainz] : [Jacob Meydenbach], anno salutis millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo primo, die vero Iouis vicesima tercia mensis Junij [23 June 1491]
- Physical Description:
- [454] leaves : woodcut illustrations ; 31 cm (folio)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0600Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17253654
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- First Latin edition; the "larger" Hortus. The first German edition (the "smaller" Hortus) was printed at Mainz in 1485.
"Tractatus de animalibus" has separate title page with title: Tractatus de animalibus vitam in teris ducentium.
"Tractatus de auibus" and "Tractatus de vrinis" have separate title pages.
Incipit, leaf [2]: Incipit prohemium p[raese]ntis operis.
Explicit and colophon: ... om[n]ia hec i[n] hoc Orto sanitatis hoc est p[raese]nti opere seu libro ad penu[m] reperies. Quem quidem librum omni dilige[n]tia collectum [et] elaboratum, intelligibili caractere proprijs impensis Iacobus Meydenbach ciuis Moguntinus lucule[n]tissime impressit, su[m]ma[m]q[ue] adhibuit diligentiam, opera[m]q[ue] maxima[m] vt singule herbe ac singuli flores, suos naturales colores, ac ani[m]alia ipsa, volucres, pisces, deniq[ue] et alia in hoc preclarissimo op[er]e descripta, suas sicuti eas natura produxit habere[n]t effigies [et] figuras. Hoc modo lectitanti prodesse ac intuentem oblectare impressor ipse Iacobus voluit. Impressum est autem hoc ip[su]m in inclita ciuitate Moguntina, que ab antiquis aurea Moguntia dicta, ac a magis id est sapientibus vt fertur primitus fundata, in qua nobilissima ciuitate [et] ars ac scientia hec subtilissima caracterisandi seu imprimendi fuit primu[m] inuenta. Impressum est inquam sub archipresulatu reuerendissimi [et] dignissimi principis [et] d[omi]ni, domini Bertoldi archiepiscopi Mogu[n]tin[um] ac principis electoris cuius felicissimo auspicio graditur, recipitur [et] auctorisatur. Anno salutis millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo primo, die vero Iouis vicesima tercia mensis Junij.
Signatures: A-C⁸ D-Z⁶·⁸ a-m⁶·⁸ n-y⁸·⁶ z⁸ [et]⁸ 2a-2h⁶·⁸ 2i-2l⁶ [chi]⁸ [chi]v⁶ ²A⁸ ²B-E⁶.
Printed in 2 columns; 48 lines; Haebler, types 92 (text) and 155 (headings and head-lines); 3 and 7 spaces for capitals; printed guide letters (except in 'Tractatus de herbis').
Includes seven full-page woodcuts: a fictional meeting of eminent medieval European and Arabic medical scholars including Aristotle, Rhazes, Hippocrates, Avicenna, and Galen. (A1v); three men observing eight animals in a zoo (n1v); two men observing birds in front of a city (v1v); two men on the banks of a river filled with fish and merpeople ([et]8v); four jewellers sitting at tables selling their wares to a crowd of six, with two men standing at a table of jewels in the background (2e2v); four physicians examining a bottle of urine in an apothecary, while three apprentices are distracted by two other apprentices fighting ([chi1]b); and two doctors with seven sick people, including 2 children (²[chi]6v); plus, 1066 smaller woodcuts of plants (530), animals (164), birds (122), fish (106), and precious stones (144).
Last leaf blank.
Incunabula short title catalogue, entry ih00486000
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 13548
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, page 44 (IB. 343)
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H486
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, *8944
Klebs, A.C. Incunabula scientifica et medica, 509.1
Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 160
Schreiber, W.L. Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XVe siècle, 4247
Includes index.
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0600: Imperfect: 10 full leaves and 8 cutting only. The full leaves include the title leaf, leaves a2, n1, and v2, and leaves bearing the text of chapters 29-31, 43-46, 102-104, 228-229, 298-299, and 435-436. Most of 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.HerbsHerbs -- Early works to 1800.Incunabula in Yale Library.Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.Medicine, Medieval.Minerals -- Early works to 1800.Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works.Urine -- Early works to 1800.Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership.
- Form/Genre:
- Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Fragments (object portions)
Cuttings (partial works)
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