1696 HERBAL BOOK Theatrum botanicum antique ILLUSTRATED FOLIO 1200 woodcuts

ZWINGER T.

Theatrum botanicum, Das ist: Neu vollkommenes Krauter-Buch worinnen allerhand Erdgewächse der Bäumen, Stauden und Krautern, auch vielen herrlichen Artzney-mittein beschrieben. Erstens zwar von B. Verzascha anjetzo aber vermehret und verbessert durch Th. Zwinger.

(Theatrum botanicum, that is: A newly completed herbal book containing descriptions of all kinds of earth plants, trees, shrubs, and herbs, as well as many excellent medicinal remedies.
Originally by B. Verzascha, but now expanded and improved by Th. Zwinger.)

Basel, Bertsche; 1696

With double-page copperplate portraits and approximately 1,200 plant woodcuts.

4 leaves, 995 pp.

- Nissen, BBI 1311. Pritzel 10532. -

First edition of Zwinger's revised editions of Mattioli's herbal book. 

Zwinger used B. Verzascha's edition, but placed particular emphasis on the medically important section.

- "Like almost all herbal books, this one in particular is rich in culturally and historically important information; it contains a great deal about stimulants and their uses. There are sections on coffee, chocolate, tea, etc., and at the end there is a long treatise on tobacco and smoking" (A. Schmid, Kräuterbücher, p. 60 f.).

- Without copperplate title and the 26 index pages.

Original leather, worn, spine damaged, covers are holding on cords.
Some are slightly stained, a few leaves are loose, some toning


Thick folio: 9 by 14 1/4 inches

Text in German
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