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A nievve herball; or, Historie of plantes : wherin is contayned the vvhole discourse and perfect description of all sortes of herbes and plantes: their diners & sundry kindes ... and that not onely of those whiche are here growyng in this our countrie of Englande but of all others also of forrayne realmes commonly used in physicke. First set foorth in the Doutche or Almaigne tongue, by that learned D. Rembert Dodoens ... and now first translated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte ...

Accession number
PML 17063
Creator
Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585.
Published
At London : by me Gerard Dewes, dwelling in Pawles Churchyarde at the signe of the Swanne, 1578.
Notes
First edition in English (STC 6984) from the French version of Charles de L'Ecluse (1528-1609).
Colophon reads: Imrinted [sic] at Antwerpe, by me Henry Loë bookeprinter, and are to be solde at London in Povvels Churchyarde, by Gerard Devves.
Imprint in two settings. In this setting, second line of imprint begins "by me". Another setting begins "by my" (ESTC S107363).
Variant state of leaves *3.4 may be present in some copies. *3r has first line of caption title in black letter, the variant state does not. *4r is signed and has catchword "Cubba,", the variant state is not signed and has catchword "Cuba,".
Library's copy has first line of caption title on *3r in black letter, with *4r signed and catchword "Cubba,".
Signatures: *⁶ ²*⁶ A-3G⁶ 3H-3I⁴ 3K-3X⁶ 3Y⁴.
Sheet size: 297 x 193 mm
Description
12 preliminary leaves, 779, [25] p. illusustrations (including portraits) 30 x 21 cm (folio)
Classification
Department