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Bidding Information
Lot #    23999
Auction End Date    7/7/2009 11:01:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Heilpflanzen auf 15 Tafeln (Gyogynovenyek)
Author    [Medical]
City    [Budapest]
Publication Date    1940's
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   14 col. plates 215:140 mm., light age staining, loose in the original wrappers.
          
Detailed
Description
   A collection of colored plates containing beautiful illustrations of 41 different plants with medical applications. The plants are labeled in German. Accompanying these plates are 4 (illustrated) pages in Hungarian (Budapest, 1948) signed by Giovanni Rudolf. The illustrations include 9 drawings of plants with the names in Hungarian and Latin, one insect, with the name in Hungarian and Latin and an illustration of a young woman sifting grain. Giovanni Rudolf (1892-1963) was an expert on herbal products, particularly with pharmaceutical uses.
          
Reference
Description
   www.netlexikon.hu/cimszo
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Hungary
  
Subject
Other:    Medical
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    German
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica