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Title:: Herbarius.
Alternate 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)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Each plant description is accompanied by a simple, schematic woodcut illustration.
Subject Terms:: Botany -- Pre-Linnean works. | Materia medica -- Early works to 1800. | Materia medica, Vegetable -- Early works to 1800. | Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800. | Herbals -- Early works to 1800. | Medicine, Medieval. | Medicinal plants -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:: Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions) | Hand coloring.
Contributors:: Petri, Johann, active 1485–1498, printer.