
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
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DODOENS (REMBERT)
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.