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Das Kreuterbuch oder Herbarius :das Buch von allen Kreutern, Wurtzlen und andern Dingen, wie mans bruchen soll zu Gesundtheit der Menschen
Das Kreuterbuch oder Herbarius :das Buch von allen Kreutern, Wurtzlen und andern Dingen, wie mans bruchen soll zu Gesundtheit der Menschen
TitleDas Kreuterbuch oder Herbarius :das Buch von allen Kreutern, Wurtzlen und andern Dingen, wie mans bruchen soll zu Gesundtheit der Menschen
Detail DepictedIllustrations--Relief--Woodcuts
PublisherBeck, Balthasar
Place of PublicationStrassburg [Germany-Strassburg]
Date of Publication1530
Subjects (LCSH)Ortus sanitatis
Herbarius
Garten Gesundheit
Hortus sanitatis
Genre HeadingEarly printed books--1501-1600 (16th century)
Herbals
Printing MethodPrinted on handmade laid paper
Image Production ProcessRelief prints--Woodcuts
General NotesHand colored woodcut.

This is a leaf taken from "Das kreuterbuch oder Herbarius...", a 1530 edition of the Schoffer original printed by Balthasar Beck. The illustrations are labeled "Erbfen" and "Blumen oder brunberen".

This is a reprint of the 1507 Pruss edition. It follows two others by Reinhart Beck, 1515 and 1521, and two by Balthasar Beck, 1527 and 1528.

This is leaf number 10 from from the modern work 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 CollectionHistorical Bookarts Collection
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionSpecial Collections
Call NumberSpecColl Rare Books QK 98 N57 1958
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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/CopyrightSome of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections.
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