Folio. 50 original illustrated leaves from herbals and other botanical works (including 10 incunables), many hand-colored, window-mounted with printed caption labels; loose in original cloth folding case with title label on upper cover (some splits to front joint, overpainting to label corners); accompanying text volume in original wrappers (toning from strap) strapped inside front cover as issued.

LIMITED EDITION, number 100 of 100 copies with English text. Complete set of fifty leaves from herbals and botanical works of the fifteenth to nineteenth century, including Herbarius Moguntinus (1483, and 14891), 3 leaves from Gart der Gesundheit (1485, 1487, and 1499), Ortus Sanitatis (1491, and 1499), and works of Fuchs, Mattioli, l'Escluse, and others. It is accompanied by Claus Nissen's "Herbals of five centuries. A Contribution to Medical History and Bibliography".