The Great Herbal of Leonhart Fuchs: De historia stirpium commentarii insignes, 1542.Fuchs, Leonhart. The Great Herbal of Leonhart Fuchs: De historia stirpium commentarii insignes, 1542. Commentary by Frederick Meyer Frederick Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer (1872 – 1961), was prominent in the Bay Area Arts and Crafts movement. Born near Hamelin, Germany in November 6, 1872. Early years As a cabinetmaker in his native Germany, Meyer had a father and uncles who were also cabinet makers. , Emily Emmart Trueblood, John L. Heller. 2 vols. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999. 106 color pl. + 895 pp.(Volume 1 Commentary) + 900 pp. (Volume 2 Facsimile). illus, bibl, append To add to the end of an existing structure. , index. n.p. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0-8047-1631-1. Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566) is considered one of the Renaissance progenitors
The Progenitors were a race of fictional beings in the Star Trek Universe created by Gene Roddenberry. of modern botany; this two-volume work strives to make his Latin herbal available to the modern reader who, without ready access to a scholarly collection, might never have the opportunity to turn the pages of this rare and beautifully illustrated work. Volume 1 is comprised of 900 pages of "commentary based on three decades of historical and botanical research." Topics covered range from the life of the author to a systematic summary of the plants figured in the herbal. Volume 2 is a facsimile edition of Fuchs's 900-page text, replete with reproductions of the 511 woodcut woodcut Design printed from a plank of wood incised parallel to the vertical axis of the wood's grain. One of the oldest methods of making prints, it was used in China to decorate textiles from the 5th century. figures. |
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