De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes,
maximis impensis et vigiliis elaborati, adiectis earvndem vivis plvsqvam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis,
Leonharto Fvchsio medico hac nostra aetate longè clarissimo autore... Accessit ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere occurrentium explicatio. Vnà cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas graecas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit.

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Main Author: Fuchs, Leonhart, 1501-1566.
Related Names: Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543.
Specklin, Veit Rudolph, -1550.
Meyer, Albert, fl. 1542.
Füllmaurer, Heinrich, 16th cent.
Language(s): Latin ; German ; Greek, Modern (1453- )
Published: Basileae, In officina Isingriniana, anno Christi M.D.XLII. [1542]
Subjects: Botany > Botany / Terminology > Botany / Terminology / Early works to 1800.
Medicinal plants > Medicinal plants / Early works to 1800.
Botany > Botany / Pre-Linnean works.
Woodcuts > Woodcuts / Switzerland > Woodcuts / Switzerland / 16th century.
Herbals > Herbals / Switzerland > Herbals / Switzerland / 16th century.
Note: Signatures: α⁶ β⁸ A-Z⁶ a-3f⁶.
Woodcut ill. of plants, including their roots. Port. of author on t.p. verso. Ports. of the draughtsmen (Heinricus Füllmaurer, Albertus Meyer) and the block cutter (Vitus Rodolph. Speckle) on p. [897]. Michael Isengrin's device on t.p. and last p., with words "Palma Ising." (Basler Büchermarken, 154). Historiated initials. Those on α2r and A2r are metal cuts after Hans Holbein by CV; see Hollstein's German engravings XIV B, 145.
Plant names given in Latin, Greek and German in text and index, but in Latin and German only as captions to ill.
Physical Description: [28], 896, [4] p. ill., ports. 37 cm. (fol.)
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