farfel_n03_080_170

Herbarum vivae Vol I 1530 - 170 leaves
II 1532 - 152"
III 1536 - 122"
folio 31.7x20.3cm
S.TC. German
("living pictures of plants")
1) Herbarum vivae eicones una cum effectibas earundem
547. m. 2 1
2) Herbarum vivae eicones 2 tom. Apud I. Schottu:
Argentorati, 1532 448. i. 3; 34f. 4.
3) Herbarium 3 Tom Apud I Schottum: Argent, 1537, 36 fol
449. k. 2.
*4) (Herbarum vivae eicones) Contrafayt Kreuterbuch 2 Tl.
Bey Hans, Schotten: Strassburg 1532, 1537 fol.
547. k. 5(I); 548. k. 41(2) Tl. I only)
5) Krerterbuch contrafayt 2 pt. Bey Hans Schotten:
Strassburg 1539, 40. 4.0 777.g.2.

The illustrations in 15th + early 16th C herbals had been traditional
+ crudely stylized. THen a remarkable change occurred in Otto Bruenfel's
Herbarum vivae eicones, whose 3 parts were printed in 1530, 31 + 38
IN it, the pictures are much larger, oftern full-folio in size, + render
the various parts of plants, especially their leaves, with amazing
exactitude of detail. Botanical illustration had been transformed
from traditional stylization to modern realism.
Brunfel's: Herberium icones Strassb. J. Schott 1530 1st ed.
a 2nd vol was issued in 1531-2 + a 3rd in 1536.
A 2nd ed of Vol I appeared in 1532 of Vol II in 1536. A 3rd
ed. (3 vols) in 1537, 4th in 1539 (-1540?) A German ed.
in 1532-7.
C. Fairfax Murray Cat. German 1530 1st ed. The diesigns by Weiditz -Latinized Johannes Guidictus are the title border, 2 other borders +
86 fine cuts of plants, the 1st to be exactly delinated from Nature.
Brunfels - one of the 1st botanists to recognize that there are plants north
of the alps of which there is no mention of the writings of classical
botanists
-1532 was appointed Town physician of Berne