Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379

Sale 2379 - Lot 232

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
WINCKLER, NICOLAUS. Kreüter Chronica mit sampt deren Blomen, Samen, Wurtzeln, Säfften & Thyren, zu welcher zeyt dise zu der Artzney am bequembsten & besten wachsen. [112] leaves. 8vo, 154x102 mm, contemporary vellum, top of spine chipped, front cover separated from stiff card backing; narrow strip torn from blank outer margin of A8, clean tear in B4, dampstaining in upper inner corners toward end. 19th-century stamp of Wladyslaw Hrabia Bielinski on title. Augsburg: Michael Manger, 1577

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scarce first edition in german of an astrological guide to the collection of botanical ingredients for medicinal purposes, organized in tabular form by months of the year. The original version in Latin was published in 1571. Arber, pages 258 and 279, Hunt 110, and Pritzel 10322 all refer to the original edition.