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Hiir heuet an de lustighe unde nochlighe Gaerde der suntheit

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Description: Imprint from colophon on leaf C4 verso, which reads: Hyr endighet sik dat boek der krude. der eddelen stene vnde d[er] watere der mynsche[n] ghenomet (De ghenochlike gharde d[er] suntheit) de betheerto d[er] meynheit begraue[m] vnde vorborghen ghewest is. vnde nu den mynschen tho nutte gheapenbaret vnde in dat licht ghebrocht (vnde ghedrucket is dorch dat beueel Steffani Arndes inwaner d[er] keiserliken stat Lubeck) Na der borth vnses heren .Mccccxcij. Des got (mit alleme he[m]melschen heere) ghelauet vnde gheeret sy nu vnde to ewighen tiden.). Work sometimes attributed to Johann Wonnecke, of Kaub. Woodcut illustration of physician and lame man with crutches on leaf C2r; woodcut initials and illustrations of plants throughout. Signatures: a-b⁸ c-e⁶ f-g⁴ h-q⁶ r⁴ s-z⁶ [et]⁶ [con]⁶ 2a-2r⁶ 2[round r]⁴ 2[long s]⁶ 2s-2t⁶ 2v-2x⁴ 2y-2z⁶ A-B⁶ C⁴ ²a-²b⁶ ²c⁴. Binding error: gathering f misbound in following order: f2, f1, f4, f3. Binding: 20th century parchment over boards.
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Date: [1492]

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