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Le Jardin de sante translaté de latin en françoys

[Cuba, Jean de] · 1539 · Paris, Lenoir · 18 pictures

Le Jardin de sante is a French-language herbal and medical compendium printed in Paris by Lenoir in 1539, translated from Latin by Jean de Cuba for lay readers. Its woodcuts show plants drawn in crisp outline with stems, serrated leaves and small flowers, plus a few animal scenes, offering a designer clean botanical line work and simple engraved shapes.

Littérature médicale en français de 1500 à 1600

Internet Archive · Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de santé (Paris) · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library