BRUNFELS, Otto (ca. 1489-1534). Herbarum vivae eicones ad naturae imitationem - Novi Herbarii tomus II - De vera herbarum cognitione appendix . Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1530-1532. Two volumes bound in one (the appendix added to vol.II), 2 o (313 x 190 mm). Title of vol. I printed in red and black within woodcut allegorical border, woodcut arms of Strassburg printed in red and black on A4v in vol. I, several pages with 4- and 5-part woodcut borders, head- and tailpieces, historiated initials, 135 fine woodcut illustrations of plants by Hans Weiditz allegorical woodcut on S3r, printers device at end of vol. II, with blank leaves b4 and G6 in the first volume, and H4 in the second. (Lacking final blank S6 in second volume, some leaves lightly browned, occasional minor staining, some lower margins bumped.) Seventeenth-century mottled French calf, spine gilt (rebacked with original spine preserved) FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOTANICAL BOOK TO CONTAIN REALISTIC AND ACCURATE ILLUSTRATIONS. Referred to as "the first great mind in modern botany" (Hunt), Brunfels' most revolutionary contribution was his choice of artist to accurately portray these "living portraits of plants." The magnificent woodcuts executed by Weiditz were taken from watercolors drawn directly from nature and delineate botanical details well beyond their known function in the taxonomic literature of the time. The appendix at the end of the second volume contains the first published writings of both Jerome Bock and Leonhardt Fuchs. After Brunfels's death, a third volume was published (1536-39) and was illustrated after different artists. Adams B-2923 and B-2924; Garrison-Morton 1803; Grolier/Horblit 33a; Nissen BBI 257,Ia and 257,IIa; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 852 and 853; Pritzel 1283; Norman 361.
BRUNFELS, Otto (ca. 1489-1534). Herbarum vivae eicones ad naturae imitationem - Novi Herbarii tomus II - De vera herbarum cognitione appendix . Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1530-1532. Two volumes bound in one (the appendix added to vol.II), 2 o (313 x 190 mm). Title of vol. I printed in red and black within woodcut allegorical border, woodcut arms of Strassburg printed in red and black on A4v in vol. I, several pages with 4- and 5-part woodcut borders, head- and tailpieces, historiated initials, 135 fine woodcut illustrations of plants by Hans Weiditz allegorical woodcut on S3r, printers device at end of vol. II, with blank leaves b4 and G6 in the first volume, and H4 in the second. (Lacking final blank S6 in second volume, some leaves lightly browned, occasional minor staining, some lower margins bumped.) Seventeenth-century mottled French calf, spine gilt (rebacked with original spine preserved) FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOTANICAL BOOK TO CONTAIN REALISTIC AND ACCURATE ILLUSTRATIONS. Referred to as "the first great mind in modern botany" (Hunt), Brunfels' most revolutionary contribution was his choice of artist to accurately portray these "living portraits of plants." The magnificent woodcuts executed by Weiditz were taken from watercolors drawn directly from nature and delineate botanical details well beyond their known function in the taxonomic literature of the time. The appendix at the end of the second volume contains the first published writings of both Jerome Bock and Leonhardt Fuchs. After Brunfels's death, a third volume was published (1536-39) and was illustrated after different artists. Adams B-2923 and B-2924; Garrison-Morton 1803; Grolier/Horblit 33a; Nissen BBI 257,Ia and 257,IIa; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 852 and 853; Pritzel 1283; Norman 361.
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