Leonhart Fuchs. The New Herbal - Werner Dressendörfer
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Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566,) was a founding father of modern botany, honored to this day in the vivid flower, and corresponding color, Fuchsia. In 1543, Fuchs combined his masterful botanical knowledgewith groundbreaking medical research in his New Herbal, a catalog of some 500 types of plants and their healing properties. While a dependable scientific reference, The New Herbal won fame above all with the detail and quality of its illustrations. Alongside essays describing the plants’ features, origins, and medicinal powers, Fuchs presented each plant with meticulous woodcut illustrations, refining the ability for swift species identification and setting new standards for accuracy and quality in botanical publications. From the age of great exploration, The New Herbal also documented plant types from the recently discovered New World, offering the first visual record of tobacco, maize, kidney bean, and cactus. This edition is based on Fuchs’s personal, hand-colored copy, which has miraculously survived four...
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With his 1543 herb manual, botanical pioneer Leonhart Fuchs created a masterpiece of Renaissance botany and publishing. 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.
Hardcover with booklet, 23 x 37 cm, 4.77 kg, 892 pages. English (booklet) German (Herbalbook). ISBN 9783836587662. [Auteur: Leonhart Fuchs. The New Herbal] [Pagina's: 892] [Uitgever: , Taschen, 2022] [Titel: Leonhart Fuchs. The New Herbal]
