| Title: |
[O]fft vnd vil habe ich by mir selbst betracht die wu[n]dersam werck des schepfers der natuer wie er am anbeginde dem hymel hait beschaffen vnd gezterer mit schonen leüchtenden sternen den er zů inflüssen in alles das vnder dem hymel ist krafft vnd macht geben hait. |
| Uniform Title: |
Gart der Gesundheit. |
| Variant Title: |
Offt und wil habe ich by mir selbst betracht die wundersam werck des schepfers der natuer |
| Author(s)/Relationship(s): |
Cuba, Johannes von, active 1484-1503. |
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Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502, printer. |
| Publisher: |
[Mainz : Peter Schoeffer, 28 Mar. 1485] |
| Related Names: |
Handbibliothek (Stuttgart, Germany), former owner. |
| Description: |
[360] leaves (the last blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 25 cm. (fol.) |
| Content Type: |
text |
| Media Type: |
unmediated |
| Carrier Type: |
volume |
| Language: |
ger |
| Electronic Links: |
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9412223 |
| Referenced In: |
BM 15th cent. I, p. 35 (IB. 242) |
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BSB-Ink. W-93 |
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Goff G97 |
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GW M09766 |
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Klebs 507.1 |
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Klebs, A.C. Early herbals, 22 |
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Schramm XIV, p. 9 |
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Schreiber, W.L. Manuel, 4332 |
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Schullian, D.M. NLM Incun. 200 |
| MeSH Subjects: |
Plants, Medicinal |
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Herbal |
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Incunabula |
| Notes: |
Leaf 182 Exhibited: "The Cradle-Books: Illustrated Incunabula, Showcases Treasures from the Infancy of Printing," HMD Reading Room, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., May 10-June 17, 2010. DNLM |
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Based upon the Herbarius, printed by Schoeffer in 1484 (Goff H62). Sometimes incorrectly treated as a German translation of the Hortus Sanitatis, a later different work, first printed by Jacob Meydenbach in 1491 (Goff H486), that was also based on the Herbarius. Cf. Goff. |
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Edited by Johannes von Cuba. |
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Title from first line of text on leaf [2]r. |
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Imprint from Goff. |
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Colophon (leaf 359v) reads: Disser Herbarius ist czu menc[em] gedruckt vnd geendet uff dem xxviij dage des mercem. Anno. M.cccc.lxxxv. |
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Gatherings: [1-45]⁸; final leaf blank. |
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Printed on Median sized paper in one column; 42 lines to a full page; area of text: 195 x 122 mm. With initial spaces without guide-letters; without signatures, foliation, or catchwords. Printer’s device at end. |
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Contains nearly 400 woodcut illustrations, mostly of plants and a few animals. Full-page wood-cut illustration on leaf [1]v depicts an assembly of 13 physicians, 3 seated, in front of a 2-pillared arcade; at left is a fruit tree, at right is a palm tree. Cf. Schreiber. |
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NLM copy, leaf size: 240 x 170 mm. |
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NLM copy, imperfect: leaves [1], [8], [72], [81], [88], [272-273], [328-330], [335-360] (360 blank) wanting. Leaf [333] mutilated at bottom, with extensive loss of text on the recto and of the ill. on the verso. Close trimming has cropped several ill. at the botton, including that of the female mandragora on leaf [208]v and some of the text on leaf [281]r. |
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NLM copy, rubrication: initials and paragraph marks in alternating red and blue. Illustrations colored in green, yellow, red, and blue of various shades. |
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NLM copy, ms. table of contents ([10] leaves) and [4] leaves of ms. notes, inserted at end. |
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NLM microfilm copy shelved as: Film 48-44 no. 2 |
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Also available online. |
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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1948. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm. |
| Reproduction Status: |
digitized |
| Copyright Status: |
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. |
| Acquisition Source: |
Source unknown; Accessioned 5 Sept. 1887; 119246. |
| Provenance: |
NLM copy, oval stamp of the Königliche Handbibliothek at foot of leaf [2]. DNLM |
| NLM Unique ID: |
9412223 |
| Other ID Numbers: |
(OCoLC)31488759 |
