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De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes

Author Leonhart Fuchs (German, 1501 - 1566)

Artist Heinrich Füllmaurer (flourished 1526–1546)

Artist Albrecht Meyer (active c. 1542)

Printmaker Veit Rudolph Specklin (active 1542, died 1550)

Date1542

Mediumwoodcut on paper, hand-colored; bound in later black morocco, gold lettering

Dimensions14 × 9 inches (35.6 × 22.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number11.50.2

ClassificationsInformation Artifacts

DescriptionBasilia, Switzerland, 1542. 898 pages. Full length hand-colored drawing of author Leonhart Fuchs (Leonhartus Fuchsius) verso title page; drawings of artists Heinrich Füllmaurer (Heinricus Füllmaurer), Albrecht Meyer (Albertus Meyer) and Veit Rudolph Specklin (Vitus Rodolph Speckle) on page 897. Woodcuts of Indian corn and pumpkin first example of American plants.

Label TextFuchs, a German doctor, produced the book Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants, an important, early herbal. Fuchs’ book was significant because of its detailed illustrations.

ProvenancePurchased July 22, 1960 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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