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The New Herbal of 1543
by Fuchs, Leonhart
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good condition
- ISBN 10
- 3822812986
- ISBN 13
- 9783822812983
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Koln: Taschen, 2001. First edition thus. Very good condition. Leonhart Fuchs [1501-1566] is considered a founding father of modern botany. As a teacher and scholar, he married his botanical knowledge with medical research in his New Herbal, a catalog of 500 types of plants and their healing properties. 'This edition is based on Fuchs's personal, hand-colored original and features over 500 illustrations, including the first visual record of New World plant types such as maize, cactus, and tobacco.'
Large 8vo, 960pp, full color plates through out. Stiff pictorial boards, white with color ills, front slt dusty.
Large 8vo, 960pp, full color plates through out. Stiff pictorial boards, white with color ills, front slt dusty.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28512
- Title
- The New Herbal of 1543
- Author
- Fuchs, Leonhart
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 3822812986
- ISBN 13
- 9783822812983
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Place of Publication
- Koln
- Date Published
- 2001
- Bookseller catalogs
- BOTANICAL;
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About the Seller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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