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De historia stirpium commentarii insignes [electronic resource] : Basel, 1542 / Leonhart Fuchs.
Author
Fuchs, Leonhart, 1501-1566
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Uniform title
Historia stirpium commentarii insignes
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Format
Book
Language
Latin
Modern Greek (1453-)
German
Published/Created
Oakland, Calif. : Octavo, 2003.
Description
1 CD-ROM : col. ; 4 3/4 in.
1 continuous PDF file.
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Notes
Special Collections - Rare Books
2006-1317N
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Herbals
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Early works to 1800
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Botany
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Pre-Linnean works
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Botany, Medical
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Early works to 1800
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Botany
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Pictorial works
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Botany, Medical
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Pictorial works
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Related name
Reeds, Karen
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Warnock Library
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Octavo Corporation
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Summary note
A digitized facsimile of the 1542 Basel edition of the Historia stirpium from a copy in the Warnock Library. Includes commentary by Karen Reeds, index of modern plant names. Text is searchable and displays may be magnified.
Notes
Title from disc surface.
Original t.p.: De historia stirpium commentarii insignes : maximis impensis et vigiliis elaborati, adiectis earundem vivis plusquam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis : ... / Leonharto Fuchsio ... autore ; accessit ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere occurrentium explicatio ; unà cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas Graecas, alter Latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus Germanicascontinebit. -- Basileae [Basel] : In officina Isingriniana, anno Christi 1542.
With ports. of the author, the designers, and the engraver. Probably the first book which contains not only the names, but also the ports. of its illustrators. Cf. Becher.
Bibliographic references
Bibliographical references included in Commentary.
Type of data
1 continuous PDF file.
System details
System requirements: Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, or Linux operating system; fast processor; Adobe Acrobate Reader version 3.0 or later (5.0 recommended); monitor capable of displaying millions of colors.
Language note
Text in Latin; names of plants in Latin, Greek, and German.
References
Becher, K. Early herbals no. 72.
Other title(s)
De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes
Historia stirpium
Plantarum historiae
ISBN
1591100518
OCLC
78626922
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