One of the main attractions of this work is its woodcuts illustrations, which are hand-colored in our copy. Each book is introduced by a fullpage woodcut depicting doctors, scholars, and apothecaries in different naturalistic settings. There are around 1,100 column-wide illustrations of herbs, plants, animals, and people engaged in various activities, such as preparing medical substances. The illustrations themselves are highly stylized, often departing from reality.
The Garden of Health
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Hortus sanitatis Strasbourg: Johann Prüss, 1497 The Le Roy Crummer Collection