Yale Center for British Art

Title:
[O]fft vnd vil habe ich by mir selbst betracht die wu[n]dersam werck des schepfers der natuer wie er am anbeginde dem hymel hait beschaffen vnd gezterer mit schonen leüchtenden sternen den er zů inflüssen in alles das vnder dem hymel ist krafft vnd macht geben hait.
Alternate Title(s):
Offt und wil habe ich by mir seblst betracht der wundersam werck des schepfers der natuer
Published / Created:
[Mainz] : [Peter Schoeffer], [28 Mar. 1485]
Physical Description:
[360] leaves (the last blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 25 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Based upon the Herbarius, printed by Schoeffer in 1484 (Goff H62). Sometimes incorrectly treated as a German translation of the Hortus Sanitatis, a later different work, first printed by Jacob Meydenbach in 1491 (Goff H486), that was also based on the Herbarius. Cf. Goff.
Subject Terms:
Materia medica -- Early works to 1800. | Medicinal plants -- Early works to 1800. | Medicine, Medieval. | Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800. | Botany -- Pre-Linnean works. | Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works. | Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800. | Cushing, Harvey, 1869–1939. -- Ownership. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Botanical illustrations -- Germany -- Mainz -- 1481-1490. | Herbals. | Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Cuba, Johannes von, active 1484–1503. | Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425–approximately 1502, printer.