Gart der Gesundheit

The Gart der Gesundheit is one of the giants in the field. The most important herbal of the 15th century, it contained the finest illustrations of the incunable period and was unsurpassed until the appearance of the first edition of the Brunfels herbal in 1530.

Though only 65 of the 370 woodcuts are based on real specimens, that was a very high proportion for …

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