THE GREAT HERBAL OF LEONHART FUCHS; DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM COMMENTARII INSIGNES PL. 577, OPHIOGLOSSUM, NATERZUNGLIN,
by FUCHS, LEONHARD (1501-1566)
1543. (Annotation in French) LANGUE DE SERPENT. Original hand colored woodcut from Neue Krueterbuch. Basle 1543. 375mm x 204mm. Meyer did the drawings, Heinrich Fullmauer transferred them to the woodblocks and they were cut by Veit Rudolph Speckle. The original books were issued in 2 volumes and illustrated with 511 woodcuts. Fuchs established a standard of botanical illustration that has lasted to the present day and over 100 species were illustrated for the first time. (Inventory #: 2138)