HIERONYMUS BOCK (1489-1554), Kreüterbuch, darin Underschied Würckung und Namen der Kreuter.., sannolikt Strasbourg 1546.

Kreüterbuch, darin Underscheid Würckung und Namen der Kreüter so in Deutschen Landen wachsen. Strassburg: Wendel Rihel.
Full leather binding, dated 1576.
First illustrated edition. Woodcuts coloured by hand.
Bock was the first botanist to describe plants in a systematic manner that was based uniquely on his own observations. His aim, as stated on the title-page, was revolutionary: to describe the characteristics and effects of the plants of Germany,

Wear, damaged binding, som pages missing and among them title leaf.