De historia stirpium commentarij insignes maximis impensis et uigilijs elaborati : adiectis earundem uiuis plusquam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis / Leonharto Fuchsio medico hac nostra aetate longè clarissimo, autore ; regiones peregrinas pleriq[ue] alij alis sumptu ingenti studio indefesso nec sine discrimine uitae nonnunquam, adierunt, ut simplicium materiae cognoscendae facultatem compararent sibi, eam tibi materiam uniuersam summo & impensarum & temporis compendio, procul discrimine omni, tanquam in uiuo iucundissimoq[ue] uiridario, magna cum uoluptate, hinc cognoscere licebit ; accessit ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere occurrentium explicatio ; unà cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas graecas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit.
1542
Available at Vault - Deck C, Vault - Craven
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Title
De historia stirpium commentarij insignes maximis impensis et uigilijs elaborati : adiectis earundem uiuis plusquam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis / Leonharto Fuchsio medico hac nostra aetate longè clarissimo, autore ; regiones peregrinas pleriq[ue] alij alis sumptu ingenti studio indefesso nec sine discrimine uitae nonnunquam, adierunt, ut simplicium materiae cognoscendae facultatem compararent sibi, eam tibi materiam uniuersam summo & impensarum & temporis compendio, procul discrimine omni, tanquam in uiuo iucundissimoq[ue] uiridario, magna cum uoluptate, hinc cognoscere licebit ; accessit ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere occurrentium explicatio ; unà cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas graecas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit.
Created/published
Basileae : In officina Isingriniana, anno Christi MDXLII [1542]
Description
[28], 896, [4] p. : ill., ports. ; 37 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Note
"Cautum praeterea est inuictissimi Caroli Imperatoris decreto, ne quis alius impunè usquam locorum hos De stirpium historia commentarios excudat, iuxta tenorem priuilegij antè à nobis euulgati."
Signatures: [alpha]⁶ [beta]⁸ A-Z⁶ a-3f⁶.
Woodcuts: full page illustrations of plants; devices; initials.
Woodcut portraits: Fuchs on title page verso; the artists (Heinricus Ful̈lmaurer and Albertus Meyer) and the engraver (Vitus Rodolph[us] Speckle) on leaf 3f5.
Includes index.
Errata: leaf 3f5v.
Signatures: [alpha]⁶ [beta]⁸ A-Z⁶ a-3f⁶.
Woodcuts: full page illustrations of plants; devices; initials.
Woodcut portraits: Fuchs on title page verso; the artists (Heinricus Ful̈lmaurer and Albertus Meyer) and the engraver (Vitus Rodolph[us] Speckle) on leaf 3f5.
Includes index.
Errata: leaf 3f5v.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1990-1991. Five Years of Acquisitions (catalog p. 15)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Opening: last flyleaf.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Opening: last flyleaf.
Cited/described in
Pritzel 3138
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.), 658
Hunt botanical cat., 48
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, F1099
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.), 658
Hunt botanical cat., 48
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, F1099
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Place of creation/publication
Switzerland -- Basel.
Call number
245- 316f
Folger-specific note
In early mottled calf with a frame of blind fillets, rebacked; edges sprinkled red; final blank? leaf lacking; several illustrations with plant names in manuscript according to the Linnean system. Bookplate: Mary P. Massey.
Call number
245- 323f
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: leaves [alpha]1, A1, B4, B5, E2, E5-F3, G3, H3, I5, P6, Q1, V1, Z2, l4, z3, 2d4, 2n1, 2x2, 3c5, 3f5-3f6 lacking. Many leaves cropped affecting text. In old calf; rebacked; inserted manuscript index and another manuscript leaf in a contemporary hand; three manuscript leaves in a contemporary hand at end; manuscript notes throughout; hand colored woodcuts. Henry Dingley copy with his annotations recording more than 25 plants observed on the banks of the Avon during Shakespeare's childhood.