Keywords: Konrad von Megenberg00.jpg en Hand-coloured woodcut from Konrad von Megenberg 1309-1374 - He nach volget das Puch der Natur - Augsburg H Bamler 1475 The scholar and cleric Konrad von Megenberg compiled his encyclopedic Book of Nature in the fourteenth century from a number of earlier authorities The fifth chapter discusses 89 plant species arranged in no particular order The woodcuts are the first printed depictions of plants presented for botanical rather than decorative purposes http //sciweb nybg org/science2/Onlinexhibits/exhbtcata html Konrad von Megenberg 1309 “1374 1475 Konrad von Megenberg Incunabula 15th-century woodcuts PD-old-100 |