Lot 230
Herbal - Fuchs, Leonhard
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2018 at 12:00 BST
£875
Description
De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes. Lyon: Balthazar Arnoullet, 1549. Second edition, 8vo, [32 with [bb8] blank, 851; title with woodcut device, woodcut portrait on title verso, 510 small woodcuts in text by Clement Bussy, later [?18th century] boards, lacks 6 leaves of index at end, binding rubbed, [USTC 79176 recording 3 copies in U.K., 2 copies in U.S.A. & 11 copies in continental Europe; Hunt, 61; Nissen 667]
Footnote
Note: This is the first impression of these small woodcuts and the portrait of Fuchs by Clement Bussy; the first edition, in folio, was published in Basel in 1542.