Sale: 379 / Rare Books, May 23. 2011 in Hamburg Lot 210

 
Walther Hermann Ryff - Kurtzes Handtbüchlein. 1567


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Walther Hermann Ryff
Kurtzes Handtbüchlein. 1567
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 432
Sold:
€ 600 / $ 648

(incl. surcharge)
[Ryff, W. H., Kurtz Handtbüchlin unnd Experiment vieler Artzneyen, durch den gantzen Cörper des Menschen]. With ca. 123 colored plant woodcuts . Strasbourg, J. Rihel 1567. 1 (of 2) unnumb., 152 (of 155) Roman numb., 5 unnumb. ll. - Bound in: Schnellenberg, T. , Experimenta von zwentzig Pestilentz Wurtzeln, unnd Kreutern, wie sie alle, und ein jegliches besonder, für Gifft und Pestilentz gebraucht mögen werde. With 18 colored plant woodcuts . Frankfurt, G. Rab and W. Hans Erben 1566. 53 (of 63) unnumb. ll. - Late vellum. 8vo.Two rare prints with woodcuts of plants in an old coloring. - I: VD 16, R 3957 (lacking proof). - Benzing, Ryff 50 (just 1 lost copy from the Berlin State Library) . - Popular medical work , first released in 1549, a "revised edition of the manual booklet, which must have been revised during the Strasbourg days." (Translation of quote from Benzing) - Lacking title l. as well as ll. 5-6 and 124. - 1 l. with small defective spot (slight loss of image). - II: VD 16, S 3253. - Cf. Nissen, Bot. 1786 and Durling 4128f. (similar edition). - Multiple published pocket herbal (first edition 1552), illustrated after the quarto edition of Brunfels' herbal. - Condition for both works: Thumbed and browned, with isolated waterstains, with small rebacked marginal blemishes (28 ll. remargined), last l. with stronger marginal blemish (loss of printed matter). Endpapers renewed, binding with traces of use.Two herbal pocket books in 1 volume. I: With ca. 120 colored woodcuts of plants. Lacking title and 3 text leaves. - II: With 18 colored woodcuts of plants. Lacking 10 text leaves. - Later vellum (used). - Fingerstaining and browning, some waterstaining, partly backed marginal defects (28 leaves remargined or strengthened), last leaf with damages (loss of printed matter).



210
Walther Hermann Ryff
Kurtzes Handtbüchlein. 1567
Estimate:
€ 400 / $ 432
Sold:
€ 600 / $ 648

(incl. surcharge)