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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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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