Hortus Sanitatis

Publisher Published by Bernardino Benalio Italian

Publisher Published by Giovanni Taccuino Italian

August 11, 1511

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Title: Hortus Sanitatis
Publisher: Published by Bernardino Benalio (Italian, active Venice 1490–1529)
Publisher: Published by Giovanni Taccuino (Italian, active 1492–1536)
Published in: Venice
Date: August 11, 1511
Medium: plates: woodcut, some hand colored
Dimensions: Overall: 11 1/2 x 8 x 3 in. (29.2 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1944
Object Number: 44.7.38
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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