Ortus sanitatis : de herbis et plantis, de animalibus [et] reptilibus, de auibus et volatilibus, de piscibus [et] natatilibus, de lapidibus [et] in terre venis nasce[n]tibus, de vrinis et ea[rum] speciebus, tabula medicinalis cum directorio generali per omnes tractatus.

Hortus sanitatis.

[Strasbourg] : [Johann Prüss], [not after Oct. 21, 1497]

[720] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 30 cm (fol.)

Imprint from Goff.
With three full-page woodcuts, and 1061 illustrations of plants, animals and minerals.
Signatures: a⁸ b-k⁶ l⁸ m-r⁶ s⁸ t-z⁶ Aa⁶ Bb⁸ Cc-Ee⁶ Ff⁸ Gg-Ii⁶ A⁸ B-C⁶ D⁸ E-H⁶ I⁸ K-Q⁶ R⁸ S-T⁶ V⁸ aa⁶ bb⁴ cc-ee⁶ (s4 signed s3, P3 signed P, Q1 signed U, Q3 signed Q2).
Capital spaces with guide letters.

Copy 1 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Decade of Collecting (catalog entry 2)

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-487
BM 15th cent., I, p. 124 (IB.1682)
Polain 2001
Klebs 509.3

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France -- Strasbourg.

INC H417 copy 1 Massey

Folger copy: upper inner corner of first gathering damaged, affecting text. A few early manuscript notes. Early ownership inscriptions handwritten on title page, defaced, illegible;other inscription "Cuba sine coro [...?]" mark of ownership of Johannes von Cuba; manuscript calculations on verso of last leaf and early inscription: "pffmo. Dño m. Bernardo mado[?]"; bookplate of Mary P. Massey (her gift 19 Dec. 1994). Bound in modern vellum.