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Description: This book describes the characteristics of herbs and flowering plants, including mint, nasturtium, mustard seed, peonies, and parsley. It discusses the use of plants for various ailments. "Darumb will ich Ortolff vo[n] Beÿrlandt docto[r] [der] ertznei eyn artztbüch machen zeteutsch aus allen artztbüchern die ich in latein ye vernam"--leaf [a]1r. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 30.5 x 20.6 cm. Text in one column. Signatures: [*⁴ a-k¹⁰]. Binding: contemporary German blindstamped calfskin; metal clasp. Rebacked.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [approximately 1477]
Call number: 93033
Creator: Ortolf(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs, Sept. 16, 1924. Inscription on leaf [*]1r: Coll. S.J.[?] Mindalhamii[?]. Bookplate on front pastedown: Ex libris Frank Payne.
Dimensions: 32 cm (Folio)
Associated people: Zainer, Günther, (-1478,)
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