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| Title | Incipit Tractatus de uirtutibus herbarum |
| Detail Depicted | Illustrations-Relief-Woodcuts |
| Creator/Author | Arnaldus, de Villanova d. 1311
Achates, Leonardus, fl. 1473-1497
Gulielmus, ; de Papia, ; fl. 1491 |
| Publisher | Basilea, Leonardus (Achates) de
Papia, Gulielmus de |
| Place of Publication | Italy; Vicenza [Italy - Vicenza] |
| Date of Publication | 1491 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Plants, Medicinal.
Botany, Medical.
Medicine, Herbal.
Lang [Bookseller] (CPP)
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| Genre Heading | Early printed books--1401-1500 (15th century)
Herbals
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| Bibliographic Elements | [4], cl, [18] leaves (first and 156th leaves blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 20 cm. (4to) |
| Printing Method | Printed on handmade laid paper |
| Image Production Process | Relief prints--Woodcuts
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| General Notes | Hand-colored woodcut.
This is plate no. 84 taken from the Icipit Tractatus de uirtutibus herbarum, also known as Tractatus de virtutibus herbarum; De virtutibus herbarum; and simply Herbarius, published 1491 by Leonardus Achates. It illustrates an image of the plant "Mellissa" (lemon balm).
This edition is based upon the Herbarius Maguntie impressus, the first herbal from Mainz, Germany, printed in 1484 by Fust-Schoffer. The Incipit Tractatus includes woodcuts of 150 various medicinal herbs. The primary differences between this edition and the original are the omission of the German names of plants and the transposition of plates numbers 113 and 119. The title is also preceeded by an image of two scholars and the text ARNOLDI DE NOVA VILLA: AVICENNA, a reference to the sources used in the preface.
This is leaf number 2 taken from the modern collection entitled: Herbals of five centuries; 50 original leaves from German, French, Dutch, English, Italian, and Swiss herbals; with an introduction and bibliography by Claus Nissen. Zurich: L'Art Ancien, Olten, Weiss-Hesse [etc.], 1958. |
| Language | Latin |
| Digital Collection | Historical Book Arts Collection |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Special Collections |
| Call Number | SpecColl Rare Books QK 98 N57 1958 |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text or image at 400 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
| Content | The printer, Leonardus Achates, was the first printer in Vincenza. |
| Restrictions/Copyright | Some of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections. |
