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The author divides his work into 7 parts : -
1) De vurtuitibus herbarum
2) De simplicibus laxativis et lenitivis - laxatives
3) De simplicibus comfotativis - aromatics
4) De Fructibus et seminibus et radicibus - fruits, seeds & plants of garden & orchard
5) De gummis et eis similibus. gums & resins
6) De generibus salis et mineris et lapidibus - palta, minerales & stones
7) De animalibus et provenientibus als eis, - a variety of animals & their products
The 1st part dealing - the description of 150 plants,
illust. by the same number of woodcuts on 150 leaves,
the remaining 6 parts without figures occupying together
96 chapters, discuss the same number of drugs.
This work was intended to treat cheap & homely
remedies for the use of the poor, each as could be found
in the woods or meadows; & by far the greater part is
taken up - herbs. These are all native German or
garden plants. No exotic plants are described; but in
the latter part of the work, foreign drugs, such as
Aloes, Manna, Rhubarb, Myrrh etc. are mentioned
without being described.
- alphabetical order was adhered to in all parts of the Herbarius.
- les figures desaineces expres pour cette impression ont servi
de modele a toute les impressions suivantes.
- Schoeffer's Herbarius was 1st printed in Italy in this Vicenza ed. of
1491. Unlike the varius transalpine editions, the Vicenza ed. supplies
no verncular plant names. A number of the Vicenza woodcuts
simply copy Schoeffler's iconography, whether or not they derive directly
from this edition; but many others are quite independent of his.
Frequently the Vicenza ed. shows plants in flower where
Schoeffer's ed. failed to. Subsequent Italian ed. all copied
the Vicenza iconography.