2 woodcuts with herbs.

SCHÖFFER,

€ 200 / 250

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Lot description

Augsburg & Mainz, 1485

Various sizes and editions.

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Hand-coloured woodcuts, illustrating Johann von Cube's "Gart der Gesundheit", first published in Mainz in 1485. This was the first medical treatise on herbs printed in German. Fol. 341 from the first edition, publ. by Peter Schöffer. Fol. 231 from second edition of 1485, publ. by. Hans Schönsperger in Augsburg. German gothic lettering.
Ref. ISTC ig00097000. - GW MO09766. - Schreiber 4332.