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DODOENS (REMBERT)
A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plantes, Wherein is Contayned the Whole Discourse and Perfect Description of All Sortes of Herbes and Plantes, London [but Antwerp], Gerard Dewes, 1578

14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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DODOENS (REMBERT)

A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plantes, Wherein is Contayned the Whole Discourse and Perfect Description of All Sortes of Herbes and Plantes, first edition in English, translated by Henry Lyte, title within wide historiated woodcut border, arms on verso, woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut illustrations throughout, lacks final leaf of index, title soiled with small area of loss to upper fore-corner and fore-margin (and strengthened with old paper on margins of verso), T5 with repaired tear and a few small holes touching letters, tear to 3Y3, index soiled, a few small marks, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving most of the original gilt spine and ?eighteenth century red morocco spine label, worn with new corners [ESTC S107363; Henrey 110; Hunt 132; Nissen BBI 516], small folio (299 x 180mm.), London [but Antwerp], Gerard Dewes, 1578

Footnotes

Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585) contributed substantially to the advance of systematic botany by collecting and describing new species and by good illustration. The work was first published in Dutch at Antwerp in 1554. This translation by Henry Lyte is from the French version of Charles l'Ecluse. The illustrations are mostly those used for the Flemish and French editions, but a number are new, and most probably aftery Pieter van der Borcht, whose initials are seen at the foot of the title-page.

Provenance: "Wm. Brown His Book, ex dono ?Dennis Westott", near contemporary inscription on title; "Henry Sefton", inscription below portrait.

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