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De re horte[n]si libellvs : vvlgaria herbarum, florum, ac fruticum, qui in hortis co[n]seri solent nomina Latinis vocibus esserre docens ex probatis authoribus.

Accession number
PML 125281.5
Creator
Estienne, Charles, 1504-approximately 1564.
Published
Parisiis : Ex officina Roberti Stephani, M. D. XXXVI [1536]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.
Notes
Colophon: Excvdebat Rob. Stephanvs Parisiis, ann. M. D. XXXVI. VI. cal. April.
Includes index.
Printer's device on the title page.
Description
96, [16] p. ; 18 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Unidentified inscriptions inside upper cover and on title page.
Provenance
"Ro[r?]son" inscription inside upper cover. "Joannis [?]" inscription on title page of Sente[n]tiae & proverbia, heavily obscured. "Joannes Ramey" inscription on title page of Sente[n]tiae & proverbia. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cent. France).
Binding
Contemporary reversed alum-tawed skin over paperboards; manuscript waste; edges colored red; sewing structure visible.
Classification
Department