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Herbarum imagines vivae: Der Kreuter lebliche Contrafaytung. [Herbarum imagines vivae] - Cover title
by Egenolff, Christian
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Weiler im Allgau, W. Germany: Editions Medicina Rara, 1985. Limited Edition. Slipcased. Very Good. Limited Edition. Slipcased. Colophon: "Twenty-eight hundred copies of the "Herbarum Imagines Vivae" were printed for the members of Editions Medicina Rara Ltd. at the presses of the Druckerei Holzer, Weiler im Allgau, West Germany, on a rag paper manufactered especially for this edition by August Kohler, Oberkirch, West Germany, and bearing the private watermark of Medicina Rara. The plates for this printing were made from a copy of the original 1535 Frankfurt edition belonging to the Leopold Sophien Bibliothek Uberlingen. Three hundred copies have been bound in marbleized paper at the bindery of Richard Mayer, Stuttgart, West Germany...The Medicina Rara edition was produced under the supervision of the Agathon Presse, Baiersbronn, West Germany." This numbered being 180. [CLXXX] Scarce edition of herbarium, limited to just a few institutions with the leather bound slipcase. In excellent condition, minor rubbing to edgeware/slipcase, slightly moveable spine, otherwise, tight, bright, and unmarred. Housed in brown full calf slipcase, velour-lined, with gilt title and spine lettering. Bound in marbled boards, watermarked rag paper printed, 40pp + illus.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9385
- Title
- Herbarum imagines vivae: Der Kreuter lebliche Contrafaytung. [Herbarum imagines vivae] - Cover title
- Author
- Egenolff, Christian
- Format/Binding
- Slipcased
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Editions Medicina Rara
- Place of Publication
- Weiler im Allgau, W. Germany
- Date Published
- 1985
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Occult
- Bookseller catalogs
- Occult;
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Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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About the Seller
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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Portland, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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