Botanicon: Continens Herbarum, Alioqumsque Simplicium, Quorum Usus in Medicinis Est, Descriptiones et Iconas Ad Vivum Effigiatas.

Dorsten, Theodor, 1492-1552 and Christian Egenolff, 1502-1555

Verlag: Christianus Egenolphus Excudebat, np/dated in colophon [March, 1540]

Folio. While this copy lacks the title page, and index (12 leaves), it does contain the entire text with approximately 320 hand-colored different herbs within the text. Theodor Dorsten was a physician and botanist, as well as a professor of medicine at the University of Marburg. Christian Egenolff was a major publisher of scientific books. While the scarcest copies of this work have the title page and index, they are generally found in the mid-5 figure price range. Here are all the 320 images with original hand coloring. Old repairs: page 1 with repair to corner, bottom edge, and along the gutter and one near illustration. The next two leaves with corners repaired. Verso of leaf #6 has small edge tear repair, verso of leaf #12 with repair to bottom margin and with a light damp stain, leaf #46 with repair to lower margin. No text had been compromised. Bound in two differently designed leather, upper board decorated in blind, lower board decorated with a different design in blind with remnants of the clasp, rebacked with old spine laid down, paper spine label written in black by hand, rear pastedown is of an early vellum manuscript leaf with a hand colored winged dragon? Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 028808

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Botanicon: Continens Herbarum, Alioqumsque ...
Verlag: Christianus Egenolphus Excudebat, np/dated in colophon [March, 1540]