FUCHS, LEONHARD (1501-1566)

THE GREAT HERBAL OF LEONHART FUCHS; DE HISTORIA STIRPIUM COMMENTARII FUCHS, INSIGNES. PL. 476, LICHEN, STEIN LEBERFRAUT

      Basle, 1543. (Annotated in French "HEPATIGUE"). Original hand colored woodcut from Neue Krueterbuch. 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.