Gart der Gesundheit

The Gart der Gesundheit (Early German for Latin hortus sanitatis) was edited in 1485.

It was written by Johann Wonnecke von Kaub and was one of the first printed herbals in German.

The Gart der Gesundheit is an important late medieval work concerning the knowledge of natural history, especially that of medicinal plants.

Erhard Reuwich is supposed to be the creator of these woodcuts, who depict the character of plants in clear lines.

Opposing to some modern authors, who called these illustrations "primitive" in a bad sense, Arnold C. Klebs stated in 1925: Media related to Gart der Gesundheit (1485) at Wikimedia Commons