Hortus Sanitatis (Garden of Health)

A printed natural history in which real fish swim beside mermaids — Cambridge calls it the first natural-history encyclopedia.

Made by

Printed by Jacob Meydenbach

Date

Mainz, 1491

Held by

Printed book (Mainz, 1491)

Medium

Woodcut

Plates

1

Image credits

• Plate 1: Hortus sanitatis (Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 1491); reproduction of a public-domain woodcut. License: Public domain. Source page ↗