1475. Konrad von Megenburg. Das půch der natur. Printed
at Augsburg by Hanns Bämler.
(There are a large number of MSS. of the above extant,
eighteen of them being in the Vienna library. Eighty-nine
herbs and their virtues are described. The woodcuts in this
book are exceptionally fine. (There is only one of plants.)
In some copies the woodcuts are coloured by a contemporary
artist, possibly Bämler himself, for he was well known as an
illuminator before he began printing. Though not strictly a
herbal, the above is included in this list, as this and
_Liber de Proprietatibus Rerum_ are the earliest printed
books containing a section on herbs.)
1478. Another edition.
1499. Another edition. Printed at Augsburg by Hanns
Schönsperger. Cuts are copies of those in the first edition,
with the addition of two others from the Strassburg Hortus
Sanitatis of _circa_ 1490.
_Albertus Magnus._
1478. Albertus Magnus. Liber aggregationis seu liber
secretorum. Alberti Magni de virtutibus herbarum animalium
et mirabilis mundi. (_Colophon_) per Johannem de Annunciata
de Augusta.
1500. Edition printed at Rouen by Thomas Laisne.
(This book claims Albertus Magnus as its author, but is
wholly unworthy of that great scholar.)
_Herbarium Apuleii Platonici._
1480 (_circ._). Incipit Herbarium Apuleii Platonici ad
Marcum Agrippam. Printed at Rome by Philippus de Lignamine,
courtier and physician to Sixtus IV. First impression
dedicated to Cardinal de Gonzaga. Second impression to
Cardinal de Ruvere. The copy in the British Museum has the
Ruvere dedication.
America: Library of Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears, Boston.
_The Latin Herbarius._
1484. Herbarius Maguntie impressus. Anno [et] CLXXXIV.
Printed at Mainz by Peter Schöffer.
(This is the book sometimes spoken of as Aggregator, but
this word was never used as the actual title in any edition.
The work is a Compilation from mediæval writers and consists
of homely herbal remedies. The figures of plants are
pleasing and decorative. The copy in the British Museum is
not perfect, but there is a perfect copy in the Kew
Library.)
America: Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
1485. Herbarius Pataviæ impressus Anno domi [et] cetera
LXXXV. Printed at Passau by Conrad Stahel.
(This edition is sometimes known as Aggregator Patavinus.)
America: John Crerar Library, Chicago.
1486. Another edition printed at Passau.
Undated editions. There are several in the British Museum.
It is believed that one of them belonged to Sir Thomas More.
America: J. P. Morgan Library, New York.
1484. (_Flemish translation._) Flemish translation printed
by John Veldener Kiulenborg.
1500. Edition evidently a reprint of above printed by W.
Osterman at Antwerp.
America: Hawkins Collection, Annmary Brown Memorial, Providence.
(_Italian editions._)
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