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; Munich, Robert Wölfle, 1958.
Estimation :
600 / 700
Description
2 vol. TEXT, in-4° sewed (trace on upper cover of the strip holding it).-- PLATES, in-f° : 50 lvs under passe-partout with pasted-on captions (some lvs slightly browned and/or with damages). Under common linen folding-box with a titled green label.
COMPLETE SET of this collection of original leaves, mainly HAND-COLOURED, extracted from 15th to 19th Century editions as the Herbarius Moguntius, Ortus Sanitatis, works of Leonhart Fuchs, Pierandrea Mattioli, Rembert Dodoens, Benjamin Maund, etc. Issued to 100 copies. With the monograph of Claus Nissen "Herbals of five centuries. A contribution to medical history and bibliography".
IHFZ Complet des 50 ff., la plupart rehaussés, sous passe-partout avec étiq. légendées, extraits d'ouvrages du 15e au 19e s. Sous emboîtage (qqs ff. lég. brunis et/ou avec défauts).
COMPLETE SET of this collection of original leaves, mainly HAND-COLOURED, extracted from 15th to 19th Century editions as the Herbarius Moguntius, Ortus Sanitatis, works of Leonhart Fuchs, Pierandrea Mattioli, Rembert Dodoens, Benjamin Maund, etc. Issued to 100 copies. With the monograph of Claus Nissen "Herbals of five centuries. A contribution to medical history and bibliography".
IHFZ Complet des 50 ff., la plupart rehaussés, sous passe-partout avec étiq. légendées, extraits d'ouvrages du 15e au 19e s. Sous emboîtage (qqs ff. lég. brunis et/ou avec défauts).
