New Kreüterbuch
Dublin Core
Title
Creator
Description
Date
Language
Format
Botanical Item Type Metadata
Sub Title
Von Hanff
Series
220 CCXX
Dimensions
13.25 x 8.875 inches
Listing Title
Leonhart Fuchs (1501-66); orig folio woodcut "New Kreüterbuch" CANNABIS 1543
Seller ID
Seller Notes
Seller Notes: “Renaissance Masterpiece!!”
Originality: Original Printing
Technique: Woodblock Printing
Date of Creation:Pre-1800 Print Surface:Paper
Listed By:Dealer or Reseller Medium: Woodcut & Block
Subject: Botanical Year: 1543
Leonhart Fuchs (1501-66); orig folio woodcut "New Kreüterbuch" CANNABIS 1543
DESCRIPTION
Superb hand coloured woodcut in FOLIO size from:
Leonhart Fuchs
New Kreüterbuch,
Heinrich Füllmaurer, Albert Meyer (draughtsmen), and Veit Rudolf Speckle (woodcutter)
Basel, Isengrin, 1543 with his watermark to leaf.
34.3 x 22.3 cm
References: VD 16, F 3242; Adams F 1099; Fairfax Murray I, 175; Nissen, BBI 658; Stafleu-C. 1909; Hunt 48
Original 450+ year old leaf. Woodcut of extraordinary beauty with later hand colour. "Fuchs, following Brunfels, was the third of the German Fathers of Botany. He gave us forty plants never before figured... He was also the first of the modern era to attempt to give a botanical glossary of terms, presenting it in alphabetical order" (Hunt). "This herbal has the first European figures of certain American plants, including Indian corn and the great pumpkin" (Sparrow).
Originality: Original Printing
Technique: Woodblock Printing
Date of Creation:Pre-1800 Print Surface:Paper
Listed By:Dealer or Reseller Medium: Woodcut & Block
Subject: Botanical Year: 1543
Leonhart Fuchs (1501-66); orig folio woodcut "New Kreüterbuch" CANNABIS 1543
DESCRIPTION
Superb hand coloured woodcut in FOLIO size from:
Leonhart Fuchs
New Kreüterbuch,
Heinrich Füllmaurer, Albert Meyer (draughtsmen), and Veit Rudolf Speckle (woodcutter)
Basel, Isengrin, 1543 with his watermark to leaf.
34.3 x 22.3 cm
References: VD 16, F 3242; Adams F 1099; Fairfax Murray I, 175; Nissen, BBI 658; Stafleu-C. 1909; Hunt 48
Original 450+ year old leaf. Woodcut of extraordinary beauty with later hand colour. "Fuchs, following Brunfels, was the third of the German Fathers of Botany. He gave us forty plants never before figured... He was also the first of the modern era to attempt to give a botanical glossary of terms, presenting it in alphabetical order" (Hunt). "This herbal has the first European figures of certain American plants, including Indian corn and the great pumpkin" (Sparrow).
Collection
Citation
Leonhart Fuchs, “New Kreüterbuch,” Wirtshafter Collection-Cannabis Museum-Athens, Ohio, accessed April 27, 2024, https://cannabismuseum.com/omeka/items/show/5965.