Dodoens | A niewe herball, 1578

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

DODOENS, REMBERT
A niewe herball. London (colophon: Antwerp): Gerard Dewes (Henry Loë), 1578

Folio (295 x 190mm.), title within allegorical woodcut border, woodcut illustrations including arms, and a portrait of the author, contemporary panelled calf over wooden boards, with initials “RP”, some worming at beginning and end, U1 with abrasion affecting text, 3U5 defective, final 7 leaves with various imperfections sometimes affecting text, binding repaired and restored, lacks clasps and catches

This is a translation into English by Henry Lyte of the French translation of Dodoens’s Cuydeboeck.

LITERATURE:
A Cleveland Herbal 118; ESTC S126799; Henrey 110; Nissen BBI 516; STC 6894

Condition Report:
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