Physical Description:
[524] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 29 cm (Folio) Imprint:
[Augsburg] : Durch Hannsen Schönsperger in der Keyserlichen stat
Augspurg ..., Nach Christi geburdt tausent vierhundert. vn[d] in
dem neün undneüntzigisten iare. [13 May 1499]. Description:
Title and imprint from colophon. Full colophon reads: Gedruckt vnd
seligklich volendet diser Herbarius durch Hannsen Schönsperger in
der Keyserlichen stat Augspurg am Montagnach vnnsers herzen
hymelfart. Nach Christi geburdt tausent vierhundert. vn[d] in dem
neün undneüntzigisten iare. Edited by Johann von Cube. Chancery
folio, with paper measuring 27.4 x 18.5 cm. Text in two columns,
each measuring approximately 20.5 x 6.2 cm. Illustrated throughout
with woodcuts, mainly depicting plants, but also some animals and
apparatus, etc. Signatures: pi⁴ a-v⁸ w⁸ x-z⁸ A-D⁸ E⁶
F⁸ G-H⁶ I⁸ (I8 blank). Huntington Library copy is hand
colored. Imperfect: leaves pi1, pi4, a1 and a3 lacking. Leaves e2
and e3 missing lower right corner, with slight loss of text.
Binding: contemporary German blindstamped calfskin over wooden
boards; remnants of two clasps. Rebacked. Notes:
Goff, G-107 Hain, 8956 ISTC, ig00107000 GW, M09761 Proctor, 1800.5
Mead, H.R. Incunabula in the Huntington Library, 1098 Subjects:
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800. ; Medicinal plants -- Early
works to 1800. ; Materia medica -- Early works to 1800. Form/Genre:
Herbals -- Germany -- 15th century. (rbgenr) ; Hand coloring. (aat)
; Annotations (Provenance) -- 16th century. (rbprov) Provenance:
Contemporary ms. annotations in the margins, on leaf I8r and under
most of the illustrations. Inscription on leaf pi2r: Bibliothecae
Pragenis[?] Scholar ...[?] 1778. Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23,
1925.
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