158 CHAPTER J2. 
printed lb lately as in 1723, and even in 
^737- 
We are informed by Tragus, that Ege-^ 
nolf fpared no expence in the encourage- 
ment of artifts to procure thefe icons, rude 
and imperfed: as they appear to us. He fe- 
cured to himfelf, by this means, the mo- 
nopoly of printing Herbalsy for a fucceffion 
of years ; and acquired both fame and 
riches. 
At length, thefe were all fuperfeded by 
thofe of Brunsfelsius to his Herbal, 
printed in 1532 3 which were drawn from 
nature, and appear to have been the firft 
that were worthy of notice. Thefe were, 
however, greatly excelled by Fuchsius, in 
1542 'y whofe figures, although only out- 
lines, are uncommonly beautiful, and not 
leis juft. They confift of five hundred 
figures in folio, of the moft common and 
ufeful plants; and were copied, in a fmaller 
fcale, by many fiicceeding authors. Tra- 
gus took moil of them into his Hiflory 
^' of German Plants," to which he added 
liiany new ones, to the amount in all of ^ 
567. Thole of Tragus are little more 
than 
