Hortus sanitatis
Johann Wonnecke von Caub (1430–1503/4?) – artist / maker Reinhard Beck – publisher
The book Hortus sanitatis (the Garden of Health), stored in the collection of the Museum of Pharmacy, was published in 1517 in Strasbourg by Reinhard Beck. It is a copy of one of the Latin editions, first published in 1491 in Mainz by Jacob Meydenbach. The work’s full title is Hortus sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natatilibus. De lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus. Urinis et earum speciebus.
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Time and place of creation: 1517, Strasbourg
Inventory number: IKS 4285
The Museum of Pharmacy at the Jagiellonian University Medical College
Digitisation: Regional Digitisation Lab, Małopolska Institute of Culture in Kraków, Poland; “Virtual Museums of Małopolska” Project
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