RYFF, WALTHER HERMANN. C.1500-1548. Kurtz Handtbüchlin und experiment vieler Arzneyen, durch den gantzen cörper des Menschens von dem Haupt biss auff die Füss. Frankfurt: durch Weygand Han, in der Schnurgassen zum Krug, 1560.
RYFF, WALTHER HERMANN. C.1500-1548.
Kurtz Handtbüchlin und experiment vieler Arzneyen, durch den gantzen cörper des Menschens von dem Haupt biss auff die Füss. Frankfurt: durch Weygand Han, in der Schnurgassen zum Krug, 1560.
8vo (142 x 90 mm). A-U8. Title in red and black. Hand-colored woodcut illustrations. Later calf. Some browning, light dampstaining, title soiled and detached, marginalia, lower forecorner of 2 leaves torn away with loss of a few letters, small hole to N8, final leaf laid down to endpaper, small circular ownership stamp in blank margin of title, loss to head of spine.

A scarce edition of Ryff's Kurt Handtbüchlin, a popular compendium of herbal and medical information, comprehensively illustrated with anatomical and botanical subjects. Cf. Nissen BBI 1708.
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