Very rare German Incunabulum Lf,Gart der Gesundheit/Hortus,Schöffer,Mainz,1485

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Very rare German Incunabulum Lf,Gart der Gesundheit/Hortus,Schöffer,Mainz,1485:
$60.00

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A hand colored leaf from a very rare important illustrated work on natural history.(It is rarer than the later Latin version of it, hortus sanitatis, which was a translation and re-working of it.)

\"The book has been called the most important medieval work on natural history with illustrations--a landmark in the history of botanical illustration, one which marked perhaps the greatest single step ever made in that art\"(Hunt 5, quoting Klebs)

from a fragment of

Cube, Johannes von

Gart der Gesundheit.

Mainz: Peter Schöffer, March 28, 1485.

The woodcut was hand coloured at the time of publication.

Bibliographical references: Goff G-97,GW M09766.

A less than perfect copy was sold at sale in London on July 7, 2010 for the equivalent of 255 737 dollars.Please check out my other listings offered on . I try to list new items every day and will gladly give a shipping discount on multiple purchases.

Size of the leaf: ca. 9.5”x 5.75\" (240 mm x 145 mm).

Condition: As shown, on hand-made, water-marked paper in good condition, with the customary evidence of use and ageing for such a popular book : soiling, or spotting, original paper flaws or impurities, edge or margin flaws, old repairs, etc.

Pictured: The leaf for sale and the colophon leaf with the printing date of March 28, 1485.

The picture of the colophon page is shown for reference. It is not part of the lot.

Please note: I never restore or treat my items with chemicals to enhance their appearance. Therefore, you can be confident that this item will not deteriorate beyond the natural aging process.

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