Dracunculus minor. Dracunculi minoris nouella folia cum radice. by GERMAN HERBAL) - No date. Ca. 1600.
by GERMAN HERBAL)
Dracunculus minor. Dracunculi minoris nouella folia cum radice.
by GERMAN HERBAL)
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No date. Ca. 1600.. Two woodcuts (each approximately 5 x 3 inches), hand colored, on single sheet 8 1/2 x 14 inches, single woodcut and text on verso. Faint dampstaining to lower edge, a few small spots, overall very good condition. Beautifully designed and executed wood cuts of two plants, showing flowers, fruit, roots. Coloring appears to be early hand color, simple and carefully done. Page 190 from an unidentified old German language (fraktur) herbal, possibly Mattioli’s "Kreuterbuch ...." (Jacob Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, 1611) a German version of his "Pedacii Dioscoridis de materia medica libri sex" first published in Venice 1558. Single wood cut "Dracuncellus, Dragoncellus, siue Dracunculus esculentus" on verso. .
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- Book Condition Used
- Date Published No date. Ca. 1600.
- Keywords Botanical Print, flowers, German, German language, Germany, handcolored, herbal, print, zz_22_WS_40_off, zzprintg