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The Garden of Health An Account of Two Herbals The Gart der Gesundheit and the Hortus Sanitatis

The Garden of Health An Account of Two Herbals The Gart der Gesundheit and the Hortus Sanitatis

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The Garden of Health An Account of Two Herbals The Gart der Gesundheit and the Hortus Sanitatis

by (Leaf-book) Shaffer, Ellen

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Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Fine, bookplate of Alice W. Heyneman
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n.p.: Printed for the Book Club of California, 1957. One of 300 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of woodcuts. Original leaf from the Hortus Sanitatus of 1499 printed by Johann Prüss. [viii], 41, [1] pp. 1 vols. Folio. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Fine, bookplate of Alice W. Heyneman. One of 300 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of woodcuts. Original leaf from the Hortus Sanitatus of 1499 printed by Johann Prüss. [viii], 41, [1] pp. 1 vols. Folio. Hamel 116; Magee 96; Disbound and Dispersed (Checklist) 116

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James Cummins Bookseller US (US)
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249113
Title
The Garden of Health An Account of Two Herbals The Gart der Gesundheit and the Hortus Sanitatis
Author
(Leaf-book) Shaffer, Ellen
Format/Binding
Illustrated with numerous reproductions of woodcuts. Original leaf from the Hortus Sanitatus of 1499 printed by Johann Prüss. [
Book Condition
Used - Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Fine, bookplate of Alice W. Heyneman
Quantity Available
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Edition
One of 300 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy
Publisher
Printed for the Book Club of California
Place of Publication
n.p.
Date Published
1957
Keywords
Early Printing
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