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Sept 1983
Dr Eichengerger
Bien wil am See
120 SF = $59.11
Hortus Sanitatis
(French) Be jardin de dante
Paris: Antoine Verard (Not after 1501/02) folio Polain 2004 IGI 4903
Ref: Goff H-490 HC 8958 Macf 140 Brunet III 342.
Roma Cas (Bib l. Casatanamse) Cop: PML. UppsalaDes herbes C. Fainfax Murray Catalogue (Frence) #227
p. XCIX n+ Chapt. CLXXXIIII+V sig a
Macfarlane 140 *Part I 13x9 1/4" 276 numbered leaves + 16 unnumbered
leaves for the table. (1-292)
Toal 476 leaves 2 col. Part II 12 1/2 x 8 1/5" 170 numbered leaves, followed by 14
unnumbered leaves for the Traictic des unines +
14 unnumbered leaves for the table (293-462)
Pollain 49-501 -Octres sumitaits translate de latin en francois
Copiously illustrated with small grotesque cuts illustrating
natural objects.
Undated 1500-04 Bearing address - "en la rue
Saint Jaques Pres Petit Pout"
(letters buterdes)
Black letter. 2 col. 50 49x51 lines, 490 leaves, 2 blank. With 5
splendid large woodcuts (one repeated) + more than 540 [crossed out] 1000 [end crossed out] woodcuts
of plants, animals, birds, fishes etc. Initial letters, partly
calligraphic + with human heads.
First French ed. of the Latin Hortus sanitatim (1st published
by Meydenback, Mainz 1491.) The only real + complete
translation of this work. One of the finest of all Hortus editions.
The 1st vol. includes plants herbs or trees* - Qe second beasts, birds, fishes
and stones, and the treatise on urines. At the end -
extensive indices. *(noted for their medicinal properties)
-Whereas later botannical artists have tended to concentrate on flowers +
fruits, early herbalists gave great attention to the roots, as these were
of prime importance in the making of drugs.
- The entire work gives an excellent idea of the knowledge of
natural history at the preiod. It is curious to remark that
many of the superstitions + beliefs then current are
flourishing at the present day.