[[Johann de Cube]: Gart der Gesundheit. Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger 10 May, 1496]. Small folio. Size of leaves: c. 24×17 cm. 2 columns, 39 lines, Gothic letters. Incomplete (as usual). 240 (of 262) leaves. Lacking the first 13 folios + folio 20, 21, 56, 57, 104, 106, 163, 229 and 236 (Reference: ISTC, Electronic facsimile from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München). Illustrated with 371 woodcuts (mostly flowers and plants and a few with animals) with cont. hand colouring. 6 inserted leaves with cont. annotations in black and red ink. A few leaves annotated in cont. hand. A few leaves with repairs. One leaf with tear, 2 leaves with loss of text (inserted cont. hand writing). Lacking titleleaf and other leaves. Last leaves (index) with some wear. Soiling and a few brown spots, a few illustrations with minor worming. Bound in cont. blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Clasps missing.

Books and manuscripts, 26 November 2013

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