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Kreuter Buch Darinn Underscheidt, Namen vnnd Würckung der Kreutter, Stauden, Hecken vnnd Beumen, sampt jhren Früchten, so inn Deütschen Landen wachsen ... ; Darüber findestdu Drei volkomene nutzliche Register ...
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| Title | Kreuter Buch Darinn Underscheidt, Namen vnnd Würckung der Kreutter, Stauden, Hecken vnnd Beumen, sampt jhren Früchten, so inn Deütschen Landen wachsen... ; Darüber findestdu Drei volkomene nutzliche Register... |
| Detail Depicted | Illustrations--Relief--Woodcuts |
| Creator/Author | Bock, Hieronymus |
| Publisher | Rihil, Wendel |
| Place of Publication | Strassburg [Germany--Strassburg] |
| Date of Publication | 1551 |
| Genre Heading | Early printed books--1501-1600 (16th century)
Herbals
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| Printing Method | Printed on handmade laid paper |
| Image Production Process | Relief prints--Woodcuts
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| Illustrator | David Kandel |
| General Notes | Hand-colored woodcut.
This is a leaf taken from the work entitled "Kreuter Buch..." by Hieronymus Bock published in 1551 by Wendel Rihel. It illustrates "Melonen" (melons).
Bock's work to many represents the basis for modern botany. His descriptions of the plants were written to allow for identification without an accompanying picture, and indeed the first edition of this work published in 1539 was completely lacking in images. The second edition was published in 1546 and illustrated by David Kandel, with this third edition following in 1551. The organization of this work represents a departure from previous herbals. Plants are divided into herbs, shrubs, and trees, then grouped based on appearance, qualities or other similarities. This is thought by some to have paved the way to the modern use of genus and species (Anderson, Frank. An Illustrated History of the Herbals. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. ).
This is leaf number 21 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 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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