Gart der Gesundheit
Gart der Gesundheit. (Mainz, Peter Schöffer 1485).

Fragment der ersten Ausgabe des deutschen Hortus sanitatis. "The most important medieval work on natural history" (Hunt).

"The Gart der Gesundheit was a landmark in the history of botanical illustration, one which marked perhaps the greatest step ever made in that art; its delineations of plants, breaking away from the traditional stylized woodcut, were not only unsurpassed, but unequalled for nearly half a century" (Hunt, nach Klebs).

EINBAND: Halbpergamentband des 19. Jahrhunderts mit Rückenschild. 26,5 : 18 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit ca. 190 altkolorierten Holzschnitten. - KOLLATION: 165 (st. 360) nn. Bll. - ZUSTAND: Gebrauchsspuren: Unterschiedlich fleckig und am Kopfsteg meist wasserrandig, 5 Bll. beschädigt (Textverlust), wenige Bll. mit Koloritbruch bzw. Fehlstellen (Text und Bild betroffen), tls. mit Randläsuren, tls. grob beschnitten, 4 Bll. verbunden, einige alte Marginalien.

LITERATUR: Hain 8948. - GW M09766. - Goff G 97. - BMC I, 35. - BSB W-93. - Nissen, Bot. 2280. - Hunt 5.

Extensive fragment of the first edition. 165 (of 306) nn. leaves with ca. 190 woodcuts in contemp. coloring. 19th cent. half vellum with label. - Signs of use: Differently soiled, waterstaining at head, 5 leaves damaged (loss of text), few leaves with broken coloring (defective spots, loss of printed matter), partly marginal defects, partly roughly trimmed, 4 leaves misbound, some old marginalia.