19. Fuchs (Leonhard) Neu Kreuterbuch, first edition in German, title with contemporary hand-coloured printer’s device and portrait of Fuchs verso, full-page woodcut botanical illustrations, many with contemporary hand-colouring, final f. with contemporary hand-coloured woodcut portraits of the three artists, woodcut initials, lacking D3&4, K3, 2J1&6, 2X2 and 2Z6, title browned and frayed, a5 torn with loss of text verso, repair to lower corner, just touching woodcut illustration recto, repaired tears to e3, r1, s1, K1, Q6 (right across woodcut illustration), R5 and 2R3, all within illustration, loss and repair to outer margin of 2Z3, several wormholes to all to e4 and worm traces or slightly larger holes to all from 2G4 to end, touching text of parts of illustrations in most instances, but with no loss of sense of text, large stain tp P3, occasional water-staining, modern , spine gilt, [Adams F1107; Nissen BBI 659; Pritzel 3139], folio, Basel, durch Michael Isingrin, 1543.
est. £4000 – £5000