03827nam a2200577 4500 19990129000000.0 820209s1542 sz ac 001 0 lat 65059148 AAQ8061LB (OCoLC)ocm08141066 DLC dcrmb UUM UUM SMI WaOLN SMI+ QK41 .F7 1542 QK41 .F95 QK41.F95 Fuchs, Leonhart, 1501-1566 De historia stirpium commentarii insignes : maximis impensis et uigiliis elaborati, adiectis earundem uiuis plusquam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis / <U+01C2>c Leonharto Fuchsio medico hac nostra aetate longè clarissimo, autore. Regiones peregrinas pleriq[ue], alij alias, sumptu ingenti, studio indefesso, nec sine discrimine uirae nonnunquam, adierunt, ut simplicium materiae cognoscendae facultatem compararent sibi: eam tibi materiam uniuersam summo & impensarum & temporis compendio, procul discrimine omni, tanquam in uiuo iucundissimoq́[ue] uiridario, magna cum uoluptate, hinc cognoscere licebit. Accessit ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere occurrentium explicatio. Vnà cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas Graecas, alter Latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus Germanicas continebit. De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes Basileae : In officina Isingriniana, anno Christi MDXLII [1542] [28], 896, [4] p. : ill., ports. ; 38 cm. (fol.) 509 full page woodcuts (included in pagination); portraits of author (title page verso) and illustrators (penultimate leaf recto). Probably the first book which contains not only the names, but also the ports. of its illustrators. See Klebs. A catalogue of early herbals. 1925, no. 72. Illustrated by Heinricus Füllmaurer, Albertus Meyer ("pictores") and Vitus Rodolph. Speckle ("sculptor"). Woodcut publisher's device on title page and colophon, with motto: Palma Ising. Initials; side-notes. Some text printed in double columns. Includes indexes and a glossary. Errata on final p. Adams F1099 Horblit, H.D. Grolier 100 science books, 33b Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.), 19 Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit., 1909 Names of plants in Latin, Greek and German. SCDIRB copy 39088002949543 has bookplates: 1. Ex libris H.C.L. Morris M.D.; 2. Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. SCDIRB copy has light hand-coloring on a few of the plant illustrations. SCDIRB copy has an antique-style binding (probably 19th century) of deeply blind-panel-stamped leather with raised bands, gilt-lettered spine, and all edges gilt. Signed: Bound by Lloyd, London. Housed in a modern linen clamshell box with printed brown paper spine labels. Botany Pre-Linnean works Botany, Medical Early works to 1800 Plants Pictorial works Early works to 1800. Herbals. rbgenr Füllmaurer, Heinrich, ill. Meyer, Albrecht, fl. 1542, ill. Specklin, Veit Rudolph, d. 1550, engraver. Lloyd, binder. DSI Morris, H. C. L., former owner. DSI Burndy Library, donor. DSI Switzerland Basel. DC 4-7-82 osds 9/10/98 add 246 osds 10/17/05 del checkin note per kvv osds 5/25/2006 add 710 osds 6/15/2012 upgrade desc. & copy-specific info, keep same bc & call no.