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Title

  • 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 ear[um] speciebus, Tabula medicinalis cum directorio generali per omnes tractatus.

Names

  • Prüss, Johann, 1446 or 1447-1510, printer.
  • Gräffinger, Wolfgang, former owner.
  • Bibliotheca S. P. N. Augustini (Brussels, Belgium), former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Strassburg, Johann Prüss, not after 21 Oct. 1497]

Headings

  • -  Materia medica--Early works to 1800
  • -  Medicine, Medieval
  • -  Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800
  • -  Botany--Pre-Linnean works
  • -  Herbs--Early works to 1800
  • -  Natural history--Pre-Linnean works

Genre

  • Incunabula--France--Strasbourg--1497

Notes

  • -  Tractatus de animalibus and Tractatus de urinis have special title pages.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 181
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-487
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 124 (IB.1682)
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 8941
  • -  IGI 4901
  • -  Klebs, A.C. Incunabula scientifica et medica, 509.3
  • -  LC copy: contemporary blind-stamped white pigskin over boards; clasps. Provenance: Wolfgang Gräffinger, M.D., Mar. 6, 1508.
  • -  Vollbehr H8941

Medium

  • [360] leaves. woodcuts: illus. 31 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1497 .H6
  • Incun. 1497 .H6 Copy 2 Copy 2. 29.4 cm. Initials supplied in red and blue alternately. Provenance: Bibliotheca S.P.N. Augustini, Brussels (t.p. inscription).

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48043286

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Prüss, Johann, 1446 Or , Printer, Wolfgang Gräffinger, Former Owner Bibliotheca S. P. N. Augustini, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Otto Vollbehr Collection. Ortus sanitatis: De herbis et plantis, De animalibus et reptilibus, De auibus et volatilibus, De piscibus et natatilibus, De lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus, De vrinis et earum speciebus, Tabula medicinalis cum directorio generali per omnes tractatus. [Strassburg, Johann Prüss, not after 21 Oct, 1497] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48043286/.

APA citation style:

Prüss, J., Gräffinger, W., Bibliotheca S. P. N. Augustini, F. O., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Otto Vollbehr Collection. (1497) Ortus sanitatis: De herbis et plantis, De animalibus et reptilibus, De auibus et volatilibus, De piscibus et natatilibus, De lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus, De vrinis et earum speciebus, Tabula medicinalis cum directorio generali per omnes tractatus. [Strassburg, Johann Prüss, not after 21 Oct] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48043286/.

MLA citation style:

Prüss, Johann, 1446 Or , Printer, et al. Ortus sanitatis: De herbis et plantis, De animalibus et reptilibus, De auibus et volatilibus, De piscibus et natatilibus, De lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus, De vrinis et earum speciebus, Tabula medicinalis cum directorio generali per omnes tractatus. [Strassburg, Johann Prüss, not after 21 Oct, 1497] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48043286/>.