[Frankfurt am Main]: n.p., ca. 1600. Three leaves from Krauterbuch, first published in German in 1557, following the Latin edition of 1551. Adam Lonitzer (1528 - 1586) was a German physician who practised botany at Frankfurt and Marburg. His Kreuterbuch was largely derived from works by Rösslin, Brunschwig and Dorsten. An interesting mix of scientific fact, anecdotal knowledge, tall stories, and medieval herbal tradition, Lonitzer's Kräuterbuch was immensely popular from its inception right through to the ninteenth century. He was born in Marburg, the son of a theologian and philologist. He became professor of Mathematics at the University of Marburg in 1553 and Doctor of Medicine in 1554. His true interest though was herbs and the study of botany.This was his first important work on herbs [Wikipedia]. The leaves are for pages CXXIX, CLI, and CCLXXII as numbered on the rectos. The pages include five woodcut illustrations of various plants and one small woodcut ornament at the beginning of a chapter. The pages are browned and soiled but are still quite legible. Small closed tears to botton margins and pin pricks along margins where removed from a book. Very good minus. Measures 7.75 x 11.75 inches. EPHEM/042423. More