Accession number
PML 55712
Creator
Fuchs, Leonhart, 1501-1566.
Published
Basileae [Basel] : In officina Isingriniana, anno Christi MDXLII [1542]
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
Subtitle: Regiones peregrinas pleri[que], alij alias, sumptu ingenti, studio indefesso, nec sine discrimine uitae nonnunquam, adierunt, ut simplicium materiae cognoscendae facultatem compararent sibi : eam tibi materiam uniuersam summo & impensarum & temporis compendio, procul discrimine omni, tanquam in uiuo iucundissimo[que] uiridario, magna cum uoluptate, hinc cognoscere licebit.
Cuts by V.R. Specklin from drawings by H. Füllmaurer and A. Meyer.
With ports. of the author, the designers, and the engraver. Probably the first book which contains not only the names, but also the ports. of its illustrators. Cf. Becher; cf. Klebs. A catalogue of early herbals. 1925, no. 72.
Cuts by V.R. Specklin from drawings by H. Füllmaurer and A. Meyer.
With ports. of the author, the designers, and the engraver. Probably the first book which contains not only the names, but also the ports. of its illustrators. Cf. Becher; cf. Klebs. A catalogue of early herbals. 1925, no. 72.
Description
[28], 896, [4] pages : illustrations, portraits (woodcuts) ; 39 cm (fol)
Inscriptions/Markings
Early inscriptions in at least 3 hands of plant names in several versions/dialects of Hungarian. Page 88 has stains from a pair of glasses. Multiple plant specimens (21 specimens removed and housed separately as PML 55712A) with others previously removed but leaving staining and impressions on the pages.
Provenance
Inscription: "Sum Matthiae B[abraded]za de Rogozna(?)," 16th century, perhaps Mount Rogozna in Serbia (title page); from the collection of Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Binding
Contemporary quarter blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards; clasps lacking. One decorative roll has an armorial with a crossed key and arrow and the date 1537; the other has half-figure portraits of Lucretia ("LVCREC"), Justice ("IVSTICI"), and Prudence ("PRVDENC").
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