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58 - [TABERNÆMONTANUS (Jakob Dietrich von Bergzabern, known as). …
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[TABERNÆMONTANUS (Jakob Dietrich von Bergzabern, known as). Eicones plantarum, seu stirpium, arborum nempe, fructicum, herbarum, fructuum, lignorum, radicum, omnis generis ; tam inquilinorum, quàm exoticorum. Frankfurt am Main, Nikolaus Basse, 1590. In-4 oblong, marbled basane, spine grotesquely decorated, red edges (18th century binding). First Latin edition of this rare herbarium illustrated with over 2,200 woodcuts of flowers and plants, cereals, vegetables and fruit grown in Europe, as well as a few exotic plants (maize, radishes, squash, melons, cacti, palms, etc.). These woodcuts, printed two by two on each page of this large volume, reproduce the illustrations in the Neuw Kreuterbuch published by Tabernæmontanus with the same publisher in 1588-1591. They have no explanatory text other than the Latin and German names of the species represented. According to Johnston, the album could have served as an iconography for artists and as a field guide for botanists, as it was easier to transport and more manageable than the two large folio volumes of the Neuw Kreuterbuch. Jakob Dietrich von Bergzabern (1522-1590), known as Tabernaemontanus (a Latinisation of Bergzabern), was an herbalist and pharmacist before studying medicine in Paris and becoming physician to Prince John Casimir of the Palatinate. His engraved herbarium is the fruit of a lifetime of herbology. Spine carefully rebound, usual foxing due to paper, discreet marginal wetness, tear not missing on p. 1123. Pritzel, n°9094 - Nissen, n°1932 - Johnston, n°133 - Brunet, III, 401.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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