About the inspiring book

Erbario, by unknown author(s) (Veneto, 15th century).

This amazing herbal manuscript from northern Italy contains various illustration styles, evidence of additions made to the original text throughout generations.

It started its life in the early 15th century as a set of around seventy wonderful paintings of plants with human faces and other fantastical elements, following medieval conventions. Sometime later the bound manuscript was interleaved with a set of more naturalistic images, perhaps painted directly from specimens, or at least very good drawings.

Around a quarter of the illustrations have notes on medicinal properties and preparations of the plants, mostly in Italian, and occasionally in Latin or a mix of both languages. This suggests the text was mostly written in the Veneto.

Details

Size: 12.7 × 19.7 cm
Weight: 300 g
Pages: 240
Paper: Cream shaded book paper 90g/m2
Cover: Smooth surface paper 240g/m2
Illustrated inside page
Section sewn exposed binding (with printing colour traces)
Printed in Madrid by Artes Gráficas Palermo

Environmental

Bookaneer uses Munken paper, produced in Munkedal (Sweden), in a mill founded in 1871 and considered one of the world’s most environmentally friendly.

The paper used in the notebooks is certified in accordance with EU Ecolabel (the official environmental label for the European Union) and produced using environmentally labelled raw materials from forests certified according to the international standards FSC™ (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification).