1923] TUCKER, INCUNABULA IN LIBRARY OF ARNOLD ARBORETUM 59 



The 40th of all printed books." This refers evidently to the ear- 

 liest edition which has place, printer and date, and not to the 

 Arboretum copy. 



Gift of Mrs. Sears in 1905, first fifteenth century book received by 

 the Library. 



Herbolarium seu de virtutibus herbarum. [Impressum Vinceciae, 



per Magistrum Leonar || dum de Basilea & Guilielmum de papia 

 Socios. 1491, die 27 men. Octob.] 

 Hain 8451. 



Bound in brown morocco, with blind tooling. Numerous early 

 MS notes in margin, and English translation of preface in MS 

 on fly leaf. Eight of the woodcuts arc colored by hand, ap- 

 parently by an early owner. 



Gift of Mrs. Scars. 



Ortus sanitatis. Klebs [Strasburg, Pruss. c. 1497.] Copinger [1490.] 



G.L. 



Hain 8941. 



In modern vellum, lettered "Editio princeps." Both sides of the 

 first folio are covered with a transparent mending paper. Below 

 the title is written in faded ink, "Anno Domini MDcccclxxxxvn. 

 xii Kalend. Novembris." The remaining MS is undecipherable, 

 it may be the name of the owner and the writer of the date. The 

 initial letters are red or blue. 



Gift of Mrs. Sears. 



Klebs [Strasburg, Pruss. c. 149C] Copinger [1487.] G.L. 



Hain 8942. 



Bound in red morocco, beautifully tooled. Initial letters red or blue. 

 Gift of Mrs. Sears. 



[Mainz, Meydenbach. 1491, 23 Jun.] 



Hain 8944. 



In oak boards, half covered with old vellum, blind tooled, parts of 

 clasps. Above the title is written "Ex Bibliotheca Windhogia- 



na." 



Gift of Mrs. Bayard Thayer. 



Herbarius zu teutsch. [Mainz, Schoeffer. 1485, 28 Mar.] G.L. 

 Hain 8948. 



This Herbarius is the original of the whole Ortus family. 

 Bound in a sheet of vellum manuscript. A fuller description is 



given in this Journal, vol. iii, no. 1. 

 Gift of Mrs. Sears. 



Macer Floridus. De viribus herba 4 Famosissimus medicus et 



medico 4 Speculum. 

 Hain 10417. 

 By an unidentified Paris press, before 1500. 



