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Hand-Atlas: Vol. 1: sammtlicher medicinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse
by Willibald Artus
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Item Price
$750.00$637.50
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About This Item
A very neat copy of Volume 1 (of 2) only of this popular 19th century German herbal
The attractive hand-coloured engravings by F. Kirchner. The subjects in this volume are fruits, spices, herbs, hallucinogenics, poisons, roots, etc. Plant names in German and Latin on the plate.
Artus's handbook of general medicinal-pharmaceutical plants was published in two volumes from 1846 to 1885.
With foreword to the 6th (1881) and 7th (1885) editions, 15pp preface, 334 pages of text and 132 hand-coloured botanical engravings, and 5pp index. Title page missing, but half-title present.
Willibald Artus (1809-1880) was a pharmacist in Weimar, before moving to Jena in 1840 to become professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the university.
Paper-covered boards with gilt leather title label on spine, paper chipped along front hinge, text pages starting to brown as usual, but all 132 hand-coloured plates clean and fresh.
The attractive hand-coloured engravings by F. Kirchner. The subjects in this volume are fruits, spices, herbs, hallucinogenics, poisons, roots, etc. Plant names in German and Latin on the plate.
Artus's handbook of general medicinal-pharmaceutical plants was published in two volumes from 1846 to 1885.
With foreword to the 6th (1881) and 7th (1885) editions, 15pp preface, 334 pages of text and 132 hand-coloured botanical engravings, and 5pp index. Title page missing, but half-title present.
Willibald Artus (1809-1880) was a pharmacist in Weimar, before moving to Jena in 1840 to become professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the university.
Paper-covered boards with gilt leather title label on spine, paper chipped along front hinge, text pages starting to brown as usual, but all 132 hand-coloured plates clean and fresh.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo222
- Title
- Hand-Atlas: Vol. 1
- Author
- Willibald Artus
- Illustrator
- F. Kirchner
- Format/Binding
- Paper covered boards, leather label
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 7th
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Friedrich Mauke
- Place of Publication
- Jena
- Date Published
- 1885
- Pages
- xv, 334, 5
- Size
- Octavo, 19 x 15cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- F. Kirchner, Willibald Artus, German, herbal, medical botany, Hand-Atlas, medicinal-pharmacology, botanical art, handbook
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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