De historia stirpium De historia stirpium commentarij insignes : maximis impensis et uigiliis elaborati, adiectis earundem uiuis plusquam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis / Leonharto Fuchsio medico hac nostra aetate longè clarissimo, autore ... ; accessit ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere occurrentium explicatio ; unà cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas graecas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit. De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes De historia stirpium commentarii insignes
Author.:
Fuchs, Leonhart,
Printer.:
Isingrin, Michael
Engraver.:
Specklin, Veit Rudolph,
Illustrator.:
Füllmaurer, Heinrich,
Illustrator.:
Specklin, Veit Rudolph,
Donor:
Holliday, J. R.,
Former owner.:
Lobell, Valentin Friedrich,
Former owner.:
Reinwardt, C. G. C.
De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes
De historia stirpium commentarii insignes
Privilege statement precedes the imprint on the t.p.: Cautum praeterea est inuictissimi Caroli Imperatoris decreto, ne quis alius impunè usquam locorum hos De stirpium historia commentarios excudat, iuxta tenorem priuilegij antè à nobis euulgati.
Full-page woodcuts of the plants. The Latin and German plant names accompany the woodcuts; Greek names are included in the text.
Woodcut portrait of Fuchs on the verso of the title leaf; woodcuts of the artists (Heinricus Füllmaurer and Albertus Meyer) and the engraver (Veit Rudolph Specklin) on the penultimate leaf; final leaf printer's device (device repeated on t.p.).
Woodcut historiated initials throughout.
Side-notes; includes indexes in Latin, Greek, and German.
Old classmark: 370.
Binding: panelled vellum with blind stamped ornament in centre; raised bands, spine hand-lettered.
Botany Pictorial works Early works to 1800. Botany Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical Early works to 1800.
History note: Provenance: bequeathed by J.R. Holliday 1927. Ms. inscr. on front free e.p.: 'C G C Reinwardt'. Ms. inscr. on t.p.: 'Valentin Friedrich Lobell'. Sale cat. no.? on front paste-down e.p. Booksellers' codes on front free e.p. & back paste-down e.p. Ms. annotations.
[28],896,[2]p : ill ; 39cm (fol. in 6s).
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Fuchs, Leonhart,1501-1566author.Basileae :In officina Isingriniana,anno Christi MDXLII [1542] Isingrin, M. (Michael), 1500-1557, printer. Specklin, Veit Rudolph, -1550, engraver. Füllmaurer, Heinrich, illustrator. Specklin, Veit Rudolph, -1550, illustrator. Holliday, J. R., donor Lobell, Valentin Friedrich, former owner. Reinwardt, C. G. C. (Caspar Georg Carl), 1773-1854, former owner.
Accession number: PB 185-2020
Primary reference Number: 279236
ALMA control 001: 99196953803606
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Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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