Hortus Sanitatis (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. THE FIRST NATURAL HISTORY ENCYCLOPAEDIA [H]ORTUS SANITATIS. De Herbis et Plantis, de Animalibus et Reptilibus, de Avibus et Volatilibus, de Piscibus et Natatilibus, de Lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus, de Urinis et earum speciebus. [Strassburg: Reinhard Beck] 1517. .Small folio (300 x 200 mm). 19th century paste-paper on boards with leather spine. Missing for leaves, three from the Herbis, OII, VIII, EV, one from the Animalibus O6. Some leaves mis-bound. Margins a bit short, but no loss of text. Otherwise a good clean copy. Title within woodcut border printed in red and black, and over 1600 woodcut illustrations in text of plants, animals, minerals. An encyclopaedia of medieval beliefs and the first natural history encyclopaedia. Since God had created the natural world to be of use to humanity, animals and plants were there to provide cures for diseases. So therefore, the book is entitled Hortus Sanitatis, The garden of health . The Ortus Sanitatis describes species in the natural world, from plants, to animals and minerals, along with their medicinal applications (the operationes). It was also a world filled with wonder and belief in extraordinary creatures. Mythical creatures are included, and the pages are filled with creatures such as the phoenix, dragon, mermaid and other monsters. The work includes tracts on medicinal plants, animals, birds, fish; mining and gemstones; and a work on the analysis of urine. This last tract is illustrated by a woodcut showing medical men examining phials of urine in a shop.

[H]ORTUS SANITATIS (illustrator). First Edition. Venice: Bernardinus Benalius & Johannes de Tridino alias Tacuinus, 1511]. The fifth, expanded edition of the Latin text and the first edition printed in Italy. The tract De facile acquisibilibus is added for the first time as a supplement to the section De urinis. Folio (11 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches; 300 x 205 mm). With 367 (of 368) leaves, bound without the final blank which is common. Printed in double columns, with over 1000 column-width woodcuts within the text. Title page within an elaborate woodcut border and three full-page woodcuts. Two of which are of physicians, and the third is of a skeleton. The illustration cuts are reverse copies of those by Johann Prüss. from the c.1496 Strasbourg which were copies from the first edition printed in Mainz by Jacob Meydenbach in 1491. Newer full calf. Boards stamped in black and blind. Spine lettered in gilt and incorrectly dated 1497. Title-page is slightly remargined from the top and bottom. A few leaves with some very minor worming, all to the edge of the bottom margin, not affecting text. Some light spotting to a few leaves. Overall a beautiful and clean copy. In reference to an earlier edition "The full-page woodcut of the human skeleton appears here for the first time in an edition of the Herbals, and was added to nearly all the following Latin, French, and also to some German editions of the Hortus up to about 1540. This skeleton picture represents, from a graphic viewpoint, the best that was published of this kind before Vesalius" (Klebs, 46). According to Mortimer, the title-page border with dolphin motif was divided between Benalius's and Tacuinus's shops, the former setting thirty of the quires, and the latter twenty-eight. The fine four-part title-page border with dolphins was part of Tacuinus's stock, first used by him a few months earlier for his edition of Vitruvius."it was one of the most influential pieces of [book] ornamentation of the sixteenth century", being copied in several formats by many other Renaissance printers. (Mortimer Italian 238). In reference to an earlier edition, this early encyclopedia of mediaeval science, Hortus Sanitatis, "The Garden of Health," is the "third and most extensive of the fundamental botanical compilations which are generally now called herbals. The first was the Herbarius of 1484, and the second was the enlargement called Gart der Gesundheit. The third form, though based in part on the Gart der Gesundheit, was almost entirely rewritten and elaborated upon, especially in the parts on animals, birds, fishes, stones and minerals, and in the treatise on urines; the text on herbs too is quite different, each chapter beginning with a description of the plant, its synonyms, and often something about its geographical origin, and ending with a list of the plant's medicinal virtues in a separate section headed "Operationes" (Hunt, p. 12). Adams H-1016. Essling 1723. Hunt 12. Nissen, BBI, 2368. Sander 3470. Mortimer Italian 238. HBS 68695. $25,000.

Condition: Fine. in folio (350X210 mm), ff. 368 n.n., leg. coeva piena pergamena, titolo ms. al dorso (rifatto). Prima edizione impressa in Italia, e quinta in assoluto, di questa enciclopedia di storia naturale, stampata per la prima volta a Mainz nel 1491. Testo su due colonne, caratt. gotico, titolo entro elaborata bordura vegetale. Copiosamente Illustrato da circa 1000 magnifiche silografie nel testo (di circa mm 95x70 ognuna) raffiguranti piante, animali, figure umane e mostruose, per la maggior parte tratte dall'edizione del Pruss del 1509. Tre silogr. a piena pagina: al verso del tit. Consulto di medici, tratto dalla Chirurgia di Guglielmo da Piacenza del 1504; al f. A verso: Scheletro umano sormontato dalla scritta ''Homo natus de muliere brevi vivens tempore''; al f. aa verso: Consulto di medici, liberamente tratto dalla tavola del Ketham ''Fasciculo de medicina'' 1493. Importante e rara edizione di quest'opera, una sorta di ''musée à peu près compler de la superstition médiévale'' (Sander), ma particolarmente dettagliata nella sezione dedicata alla botanica: per ogni pianta vengono infatti fornite le proprietà medico-curative, le origini geografiche e i sinonimi. Ottimo esemplare, assai fresco. Essling 1723. Nissen 2368. Sander 3470. Mortimer I, 238. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. De Herbis et Plantis, de Animalibus et Reptilibus, HORTUS SANITATIS.0. [H]ORTUS SANITATIS. De Herbis et Plantis, de Animalibus et Reptilibus, de Avibus et Volatilibus, de Piscibus et Natatilibus, de Lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus, de Urinis et earum speciebus. [Strassburg: Reinhard Beck] 1517. .Small folio (300 x 200 m). 19th century paste-paper of boards with leather spine. Missing for leaves, three from the Herbis, OII, VIII, EV, one from the Animalibus O6. Some leaves mis-bound. Margins a bit short, but no loss of text. Otherwise a good clean copy. We could supply the missing leaves in professional made facsimile at cost Title within woodcut border printed in red and black, and over 1600 woodcut illustrations in text of plants, animals, minerals. An encyclopaedia of medieval beliefs and the first natural history encyclopaedia. Since God had created the natural world to be of use to humanity, animals and plants were there to provide cures for diseases. So therefore, the book is entitled Hortus Sanitatis, The garden of health . The Ortus Sanitatis describes species in the natural world, from plants, to animals and minerals, along with their medicinal applications (the operationes). It was also a world filled with wonder and belief in extraordinary creatures. Mythical creatures are included, and the pages are filled with creatures such as the phoenix, dragon, mermaid and other monsters. The work includes tracts on medicinal plants, animals, birds, fish; mining and gemstones; and a work on the analysis of urine. This last tract is illustrated by a woodcut showing medical men examining phials of urine in a shop The book divided into several sections: De herbis et plantis dealing with plants and their medicinal properties, De animalibus et reptilibus animals and reptiles. De avibus addresses birds and flying animals, De piscibus et natatilibus aquatic animals, De lapidibus discusses stones. De urinis et earum generibus involves urine and its type.