Natural history and Bible pioneers in Germany
'Hortus sanitatis' (Gart der Gesundheit, Augsburg 1485), considered among the most important early works of natural history and one of the first scientific incunabula in a vernacular language, is on offer at Munich saleroom Ketterer Kunst on November 28.
A second German edition, a reprint of the Schöffer edition from the same year, it includes 380 woo…