farfel_n07_044_488

488
Pirages
McMinnville, Oregon
Aug. '98
$110

Gart der Gesundheit
Strassburg: Reinhard Beck, 1521; Chancery folio
1992 Sold at Christie's for $17,600 Ref: Hunt I, 21, Nissen 2285 Weller 1710 Choulent P. 24, #68
Pritzel, 10831 Ritter 1138, Schmidt 33, Becher 36.
Copy: Hunt, London, Wellcome (def.) Enlangen BU.

184 leaves, with foliation + signatures Type: 96 G
Double col. 46 lines a-z6 A-D6 E-F8 G6.
283x198mm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16")
Second ed. printed by Beck illust with the same small
woodcuts as his 1515 ed. Most o fthe cuts are crude
copies of the woodcuts originally used by J. Gruninger
in his ed. o fthe Gart + later used by Beck's predecessor
J. Pruss for his ed. o fthe Hortus Sanitatis.
Choulant p. 24 #68 2 col, mit Sign a-z, A-G. 6 ungezahlte (uncounted)
160 gezahlte und 18 ungezahlte (uberhaupt 184) B11.

Hunt I #21 leaves: [vi], CLX [18] 2 col. 46 lines on (h6) recto col. 2.
Many errors in foliation + chapter numbers. leaf 9 13/16 x 7 1/16"
Part I contains the foreward. Part II contains chapters
I-CCCCXXV. Part 2 begins on leaf b1 verso; part 3
on E5 verso Part 4 on E7 recto and Part 5 on F1 recto
The Beches copy no bound.
- approx. 400 text woodcuts of plants, animals, minerals
+ genre scenes; 5 lines metal cut crible initials.