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Contrafayt Kreüterbüch nach rechter vollkommener Art,und beschreibungen der Alten, besstberümpten ärtzt, vormals in Teütscher sprach, der masszen nye gesehen noch im Truck auszgangen ...
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| Title | Contrafayt Kreüterbüch nach rechter vollkommener Art, und beschreibungen der Alten, besstberümpten ärtzt, vormals in Teütscher sprach, der masszen nye gesehen noch im Truck auszgangen... |
| Detail Depicted | Illustrations--Relief--Woodcuts |
| Creator/Author | Brunfels, Otto |
| Publisher | Schott, Hans |
| Place of Publication | Strassburg [Germany--Strassburg] |
| Date of Publication | 1532 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Botany -- Pre-Linnean works
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800
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| Genre Heading | Early printed books--1501-1600 (16th century)
Herbals
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| Bibliographic Elements | 2 v. in 1. col. illus. 31 cm. |
| Printing Method | Printed on handmade laid paper |
| Image Production Process | Relief prints--Woodcuts
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| Illustrator | Hans von Weiditz |
| General Notes | Hand-colored woodcut.
This is page number 136 from the work entitled "Contrafayt Kreüterbüch...". It illustrates the plant "Chamillen" (chamomile).
"Contrafayt Kreüterbuch..." is a German translation of the 1530 work "Herbarum vivae eicones", from which followed two additional volumes, one in 1531 and one posthumously in 1537. The illustrator, Hans von Weiditz, was an accomplished artist in his time, with his work at times mistaken for that of Dürer or Burgkmair. His illustrations are technically very accurate and even include damage done to the specimens rather than creating an idealized version of the plant. Some of his original watercolors were discovered in the early 1930s and show an even greater appreciation of nature and botany considered somewhat ahead of his time. This German edition of the "Herbarum..." sees the addition of a number of un-illustrated German plants and 50 additional illustrations not in the original latin work.
This is leaf number 15 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. |
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