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117
Oct. '80
Bein wil Amsee
Dr. W. Eighenberger
S.F. 65+$40.25

R 128 H6 (1924) Hortus Sanitatia
facsimile Bioloby Lib - 4 C Bekely
Gart der Gesundheit
Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 28 March 1485. Folio.
See #298 (1457-1502) Schramm XIV, 189ff 1st edition
Goff G97 H 8948 BMC I p. 35 Wellcome I, 3319
Cop PML, YU (M)L. In the US it is scarcer than the
MMu (P)L (not colored except front piece cut) Gutenburg Bible (10 11/16 x 7 15/16")
358 leaves, 42 lines, 195 x 122 mm. (A-Z8, a-y8)
Types 149a, headings; 93 text. 3 to 6 lines spaces left for
capitals. Each of the 435 plants is figured + there
are also a full page woodcut of botanists in council on 16,
and a cut of a doctor + woman on 339a.
149a - church types. Used in the Breslau Missal (1483) +
subsequently. 93 Small semi cursive Text Type used in vernacular works.

The Psalter completed 14 Aug. 1457, is the 1st dated book
in which First + Schoeffer's names are found together.
S. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Thologica 6 March 1467.
the 1st issued by Schoeffer alone after Fust's death.
-The first herbal in the German Tongue.
The most important medieval work on natural history to
illustrations + the greatest single step in the art of botanical
illustrations. The Cant given in 435 chapters to nearly 400 (381 379)
(5x7") illustrations a compendium o fthe whole pharmacy of that time.
It was conventiently arranged in alphabctical order,
according to the Latin names of plants, +
each chapter heading included the Latin + German names
to the chapter number. The woodcuts of Schoeffers book
depicted plants common to Germany. The woodcuts
possessed a realism never seen in the pages of an herbal
up to that time. No less than 34 authorities are cited
in its pages. Libe many another 15th C book it had
no one auther.

117
Oct. '80
Bein wil Amsee
Dr. W. Eighenberger
S.F. 65+$40.25
R 128 H6 (1924) Hortus Sanitatia
facsimile Bioloby Lib - 4 C Bekely
Gart der Gesundheit
Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 28 March 1485. Folio.
See #298 (1457-1502) Schramm XIV, 189ff 1st edition
Goff G97 H 8948 BMC I p. 35 Wellcome I, 3319
Cop PML, YU (M)L. In the US it is scarcer than the
MMu (P)L (not colored except front piece cut) Gutenburg Bible (10 11/16 x 7 15/16")
358 leaves, 42 lines, 195 x 122 mm. (A-Z8, a-y8)
Types 149a, headings; 93 text. 3 to 6 lines spaces left for
capitals. Each of the 435 plants is figured + there
are also a full page woodcut of botanists in council on 16,
and a cut of a doctor + woman on 339a.
149a - church types. Used in the Breslau Missal (1483) +
subsequently. 93 Small semi cursive Text Type used in vernacular works.

The Psalter completed 14 Aug. 1457, is the 1st dated book
in which First + Schoeffer's names are found together.
S. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Thologica 6 March 1467.
the 1st issued by Schoeffer alone after Fust's death.
-The first herbal in the German Tongue.
The most important medieval work on natural history to
illustrations + the greatest single step in the art of botanical
illustrations. The Cant given in 435 chapters to nearly 400 (381 379)
(5x7") illustrations a compendium o fthe whole pharmacy of that time.
It was conventiently arranged in alphabctical order,
according to the Latin names of plants, +
each chapter heading included the Latin + German names
to the chapter number. The woodcuts of Schoeffers book
depicted plants common to Germany. The woodcuts
possessed a realism never seen in the pages of an herbal
up to that time. No less than 34 authorities are cited
in its pages. Libe many another 15th C book it had
no one auther.