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Hie nach volgt das buch der natur. : Innhaltende zum ersten vo[n] eigenschafft vnd natur dess menschen. Darnach von der natur vn[d] eigenschafft dess hymels. d[e] tier. des gefugels. der kreüter. d[e] stein. vn[d] von vilandern natürlichen dingen

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    Based on the Latin work, De natura rerum, by Thomas de Cantimpré́.--Cf. BM 15th cent. Leaf [a]2r printed in red and black. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 29.3 x 20.1 cm. Text in one column, 28 lines. With ornamental woodcut and printed lombard initials and printed paragraph marks; without foliation, signatures, and catchwords. Includes 12 full-page woodcut illustrations. Signatures: [a¹² b-h¹⁰ i⁸ 2a⁶ 2b-2d¹⁰ 2e-2g⁸ A-H¹⁰ 2A¹⁰ 2B-2C⁸ 2D-2E¹⁰ 2F⁸ 2G⁸ *² (2G8 blank)]. Imperfect: leaves 2G7-2G8 lacking. Binding error: gathering [*] misbound at beginning. Binding: contemporary German [Augsburg?] blindstamped calfskin; extensively restored.

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  • Herbarius

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    Title and imprint from colophon. Full colophon reads: Gedruckt vnd seligklich volendet diser Herbarius durch Hannsen Schönsperger in der Keyserlichen stat Augspurg am Montagnach vnnsers herzen hymelfart. Nach Christi geburdt tausent vierhundert. vn[d] in dem neün undneüntzigisten iare. Edited by Johann von Cube. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 27.4 x 18.5 cm. Text in two columns, each measuring approximately 20.5 x 6.2 cm. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts, mainly depicting plants, but also some animals and apparatus, etc. Signatures: pi⁴ a-v⁸ w⁸ x-z⁸ A-D⁸ E⁶ F⁸ G-H⁶ I⁸ (I8 blank). Huntington Library copy is hand colored. Imperfect: leaves pi1, pi4, a1 and a3 lacking. Leaves e2 and e3 missing lower right corner, with slight loss of text. Binding: contemporary German blindstamped calfskin over wooden boards; remnants of two clasps. Rebacked.

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  • Dis ist das Buch der Cirurgia. : Hantwirckung der Wundartzny / von Hyero[n]imo Bru[n]schwig

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    There are several variants of this edition, which had two distinct issues. The second issue, first state, corrected minor errors in the text, but not the date of publication, expanded the content of the fourth tract, and included two additional woodcut illustrations. The second issue, second state finally corrected the date of publication to read ".M.cccc.xcvii." Chancery folio, with paper measuring 26.9 x 18.8 cm. Text printed in 2 columns of 42-43 lines and headline; col. width: 6.1 cm.; area of text: 19.6 (20.5) x 13.3 cm. With foliation and signatures; without catchwords. Includes 48 mostly full- or half-page woodcut illustrations (many are repeated). Generally, they depict the master surgeon, his apprentices, his patients, and his instruments in a variety of scenarios. There are also 3 smaller sets of illustrations of surgical instruments within the text. The second issue contains two additional woodcut illustrations.--Cf. Schramm. Numerous foliation errors. Signatures: pi⁶ A-V⁶. Imperfect: leaf pi6 lacking. Binding: 16th/17th century Italian[?] semi-limp parchment; stamped "1604" on front cover.

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  • Der tractat Arnoldi de Noua Villa, am für püntlicher artz des küng vo[n] franckreich von bewaru[n]g vn[d] beraitu[n]g der wein : an den vmelten küng ga[n]gen volget hernäch

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    Translation of Arnaldus, de Villanova's De vinis into German by Wilhelm von Hirnkofen. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 28.2 x 19.8 cm. Text in one column. Signatures: [a-b⁸ (a1 blank)]. Binding: stiff vellum; in box.

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  • Liber de arte distillandi. de simplicibus. = Das buch der rechten kunst zü̈ distilieren die eintzige[n] ding / von Hieronymo Brunschwygk, bürtig vn[d] wund artzot der keiserliche[n] frye[n] statt Strassburg

    Liber de arte distillandi. de simplicibus. = Das buch der rechten kunst zü̈ distilieren die eintzige[n] ding / von Hieronymo Brunschwygk, bürtig vn[d] wund artzot der keiserliche[n] frye[n] statt Strassburg

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    Chancery folio, with paper measuring 29 x 20.6 cm. Printed in double columns. Leaf C2r: 47 lines to a full column, plus headline; area of text: 22.7 (23.8) x 15.1 cm.; col. width: 7.2 cm. Printed initials and initial spaces, most with guide letters. With signatures and foliation; without catchwords. Numerous woodcut illustrations, including 6 large illustrations (leaf A1r: a garden in which plants are being harvested and distilled; leaf A2r: a teacher and four students; leaf C1r: a crowned scholar at his reading desk; leaves C4v-C5r: a banner containing a poem; leaf E1r: a kneeling young man offering a book to a king; leaf Z2r: three doctors at a patient's bedside) and many smaller ones of plants, animals and distillation apparatus. Cf. Schreiber. Errors in foliation: leaves LXXXI and CLXVIII misnumbered as LXXVII and CXVIII, respectively. Signatures: A-D⁸ E-Z⁶ 2A-2O⁶. Binding: 18th century sprinkled sheepskin.

    85769