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Ortus Sanitatis de Herbis et Plantis

Publisher Published by Reinhard Beck German
Binder Bound by Nicholas Spierinck British
Designer Title-page border designed by Hans Wechtlin German
1517
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ortus Sanitatis de Herbis et Plantis
  • Publisher: Published by Reinhard Beck (1511–1522) , Strasbourg
  • Binder: Bound by Nicholas Spierinck (British, died 1545)
  • Designer: Title-page border designed by Hans Wechtlin (German, Strasbourg ca. 1480/85–after 1526)
  • Date: 1517
  • Medium: plates: woodcut
  • Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 3/4 in. (32 x 21.5 x 7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1944
  • Object Number: 44.7.39
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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