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| Title | Garten der gesuntheit |
| Detail Depicted | Illustrations--Relief--Woodcut |
| Creator/Author | Cuba, Johannes von
Breydenbach, Bernhard von |
| Publisher | Grüninger, Johann |
| Place of Publication | Straßburg [Germany-Strassburg] |
| Date of Publication | 1489 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Ortus sanitatis
Herbarius
Garten Gesundheit
Hortus sanitatis
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| Genre Heading | Early printed books--1401-1500 (15th century)
Herbals
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| Printing Method | Printed on handmade laid paper |
| Printer | Gruninger, Johann |
| Image Production Process | Relief prints--Woodcuts
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| General Notes | Hand-colored woodcut.
This plate is taken from Garten der gesuntheit (printed 1489), the second edition of a 1486 reprint by Johann Gruninger of the 1485 original by Peter Schoffer.
This is Gruninger's second edition with all illustrations having been re-cut. These same blocks were used later to print Hieronymus Brunschwig's Book of Distillation.
This is leaf no. 8 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. |
| Digital Collection | Historical Bookarts 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. |
| Restrictions/Copyright | Some of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections. |
