Vollstandiges Kraauter

A complete herbal book and artificial representations of trees, shrubs, hedges, herbs, crops, spices, etc. with an accurate description of their names in German, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish, as well as their form, natural strength, and effect; including a detailed account of the art of distilling, as well as the construction of gardens and planting of trees; as well as of the most important animals of the earth, birds, fish, and worms; . metals, ore, precious stones, rubber . formerly reviewed by Mr. Petro Uffenbachio . enlarged . and provided with . indexes . With an encore accompanied by Balthasar Ehrhart. ***SCARCE 2nd Ulm Edition - earliest of the desirable ULM edition currently available for sale. World-famous herbalist book containing 800+ fantastic and beautiful woodcuts of hundreds of plants species but also hundreds of illustrations of land animals, aquatic life and birds, mythical beasts like unicorns and dragons, alcohol distillation, a cadaver study, genre and Biblical scenes like of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and more. Quite exceptional! 800+ woodcuts with thousands of distinct images. By Adam Lonicer*** Overall condition: GOOD Published in 1716 in Ulm, Germany by Daniel Bartholomew. 2nd Ulm edition. In full contemporary vellum (likely original) with a slightly later added gilded spine covering of calf over the vellum. Folio, 13.25" x 8" x 2.25" thick. Collated and complete: [4], 750, [24]. 800+ woodcuts comprising thousands of images. Plentiful decorated initials. Several head- and tail-pieces. Title page with printer device. A richly illustrated work throughout! All edges stained black. ABOUT THE AUTHOR & BOOK Adam Lonicer, Adam Lonitzer or Adamus Lonicerus (October 10, 1528 -- May 29, 1586) was a German mathematics professor and botanist who studied at Marburg and the University of Mainz, obtaining his Magister degree at sixteen years of age. After becoming a Doctor of Medicine in 1554, he became the town physician in Frankfurt am Main. His true interest though was herbs and the study of botany. He married into the prominent German printing family Egenolph in 1554, which was famous for printing herbals like the Kräuterbuch. Lonicer first published his important and highly influential work on herbs, the Kräuterbuch, in 1557. The Kräuterbuch is an early example of a bestseller-the book remained in print in various forms from 1557 through 1783, which is a testament to its lasting appeal and use. Although the name Kräuterbuch literally translates to "herb book," and most of it is indeed about plants, a great deal of the book is devoted to describing the natures and uses of animals, metals, gemstones and distillation. In this work, Lonicer provides us with one of the early descriptions of local flora as well as being one of the first to differentiate deciduous trees from conifers. It is also noted for its woodcuts and descriptions of mythical beats including unicorns, dragons, gryphons and phoenixes. CONDITION REPORT: GOOD+ for a 300-year-old+ folio. Collated and complete with all textual pages. Without a few blank flyleaves. Exterior and binding - a later spine covering of richly gilded calf covers contemporary (possibly original) full vellum. Leather spine covering is heavily worn and fraying with much of the spine gilding rubbed away. The vellum is aged, shrunken with time, discolored in areas and soiled and worn along the edges. Fading to the black stain and an ink spill on top edge. Front hinge cracked, binding holding firm. Interior: Grubby, heavily soiled endpapers. A few words of antique writing on the endpapers and title page. Oxidation of much of the text block. Light foxing overall, heavier in a few areas. Signs of handling over the centuries: ink spills, marginal thumbing and smudging, creases. Raggedy page edges in areas and some paper loss to endpapers. Some larger creases on title page.