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The Greate herball, which geveth parfyte knowledge & understandinge of al maner of herbes, and theyr gracious vertues practysed by many experte and wyse maysters, as Avicenna, Pandecta, and more other, &c. Newlye corrected and diligently oversene.

Accession number
PML 53095
Published
Imprynted at London in Southwarke : In Paules churcheyarde, at the signe of the Swane. by Ihon Kynge, In the yeare of our Lorde God. M.D.LXI. [1561].
Notes
First published in 1526 under title: The grete herball.
Largely based on "Le grand herbier", a French version of "Circa instans".
Place of publication and printer's name from colophon.
Woodcut illustrated on title page.
Fourth edition.
Stationers' Register: Entered between 30 November 1560 and 8 March 1561.
At end: Thus endeth ... Herball ... which is translated out of Frenche into English.
Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-X⁶ Y⁸ 2A⁶ 2B².
Description
296 unnumbered pages ; 28 cm
Provenance
17th-century English gift inscription: "Io. Willoug[h]by me possidet, ex dono Eliza Peamont. 1606" (title page); Mrs. J.P. Morgan's collection.
Binding
17th-century English gilt-tooled and blind-rolled black calf over paper boards.
Classification
Department