Koehler's medicinal plants
Koehler's medicinal plants , full title: Koehler's medicinal plants in lifelike illustrations with brief explanatory texts. Atlas of the Pharmacopoea germanica, austriaca, belgica, danica, helvetica, hungarica, rossica, suecica, Neerlandica, British pharmacopoeia, the Codex medicamentarius, as well as the Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. , is one of the most famous handbooks of medicinal plants from the late 19th century.
content
This atlas illustrates and explains around 400 medicinal plants. The attached monographs contain detailed information on botany and the medicinal effectiveness of the plant in question. The texts are supplemented by high-quality chromo lithographs , which convince with their graphic quality and attention to detail and reflect all the characteristics of the respective species. Therefore, the illustrations are still often referenced to explain plants.
History of origin
The work is based on a work by Hermann Adolph Köhler (1834–1879). After his death, his work was elaborated by Gustav Pabst and provided with color lithographs by Walther Müller and CF Schmidt (1811–1890).
This work was published by the botanical publisher Franz Eugen Köhler over a period from 1883 to 1914 in Gera in three volumes. The first complete edition appeared in 1887 (Volume 1 with 84 color tables and explanatory texts) and 1889 (Volume 2 with color plates 85–194 and explanatory texts), as well as a supplementary volume 3 ( Latest Medicinal Plants and Mistakes , with a further 80 color tables and explanatory texts) in 1898.
Although originally announced by the publisher, a fourth volume was never published.
The fact that the first author and the publisher have the same name often means that Franz Eugen Köhler is mistakenly mentioned as an author.
Two reprint editions appeared a century after the original publication, initially from excerpts, later the complete work in three volumes.
reception
The authors Sachverell Sitwell and Wilfrid Blunt have stated that " from a botanical point of view it is the best and most useful collection of illustrations of medicinal plants ". The Missouri Botanical Garden Library praises the co-authors, the artists L. Müeller and CF Schmidt, and K. Gunther as illustrators (names taken exactly from the original). So far it is not understandable why the Missouri Botanical Garden Library changed the names of the draftsmen and lithographers mentioned in the book from W. Müller to L. Müeller and E. Günther to K. Gunther.
expenditure
- Gustav Pabst (Ed.): Koehler's medicinal plants in lifelike illustrations with brief explanatory texts: Atlas of the Pharmacopoea germanica, austriaca, belgica, danica, helvetica, hungarica, rossica, suecica, Neerlandica, British pharmacopoeia, the Codex medicamentarius, as well as the Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. Gera-Untermhaus 1883–1914, doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.623 .
Web links
- Scientific species names
- German species names
- Digital edition of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)
Individual evidence
- ↑ GND 116275952 : Franz Eugen Köhler
- ^ Book page with the year of publication and the publisher's name .
- ↑ From the botanical standpoint the finest and most useful series of illustrations of medicinal plants . Dingverell Sitwell, Wilfrid Blunt, Patrick Millington Synge: Great Flower Books, 1700-1900. A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books . Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990, ISBN 0-87113-284-2 .
- ↑ Köhler's medicinal plants in lifelike illustrations with brief explanatory texts: Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, Volume 1 of 3. In: Rare Books from the MBG Library. Retrieved August 11, 2018 .