22 THE NEW BIOLOGY 



disease, from which Bock had long suflfered, carried him 

 off at the age of fifty-six. 



The new Krduterhuch (parts 1 and 2) appeared 

 about six years after Brunfels' visit to Hornbach. It 

 was written in German, and at first contained no 

 figures. The inclusion of many more plants, the fuller 

 and more lively descriptions and the homely style gave 

 it a marked advantage over the German translation 

 of Brunfels' Eicones, which was soon discontinued. The 

 second edition of the Krduterhuch^ besides a new third 

 part, were made more attractive by the introduction 

 of figures, drawn by David Kandel, a young self-taught 

 artist of Strasburg, who worked under Bock's eye at 

 Hornbach. The figures are smaller and coarser than 

 those of Brunfels ; many are copied from the herbal 

 of Fuchs, which appeared in the interval between Bock's 

 two editions. In front of the illustrated editions of the 

 herbal we find a portrait of Bock at the age of forty-six, 

 drawn by David Kandel. An arch of florid design 

 occupies so large a part of the page that scanty room is 

 left for anything else. The naturalist is shown in half- 

 length side-view, holding a flowering bulb in his hand. 

 The straight hair is combed down to the neck behind, 

 and over the top of the forehead in front ; both 

 chin and cheeks are shaven. The features are good, 

 the well-shaped nose prominent, the eyes a little up- 

 turned, the expression grave but pleasing. In the 

 coloured copies all that is attractive disappears. 



Hieronymi Tragi de stirpiuni lihri tres is a translation 

 of the herbal into Latin by David Kyber of Strasburg, 

 the figures of plants being retained. The Latin trans- 

 lation was never reprinted, but seven editions in German 

 appeared after Bock's death ; the last bears the date of 

 1630. 



