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A boke of the propreties of herbes called an herball : wherunto is added the time ye herbes, floures and sedes shold be gathered to be kept the whole yere, with the vertue of ye herbes when they are stilled. Also a general rule of al maner of herbes drawen out of an auncient boke of phisyck by W.C.

LIBRA STC 4729
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Van Pelt - Microtext STC I Reel 188:14.
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Format:
Microformat
Contributor:
Copland, William, -1568 or 1569.
Series:
Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 188:14.
Standardized Title:
Herbal.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical.
Herbs--Early works to 1800.
Herbs.
Materia medica--Early works to 1800.
Materia medica.
Physical Description:
160 unnumbered pages
35 mm
monochrome
service copy
positive
Place of Publication:
[Imprinted at London]: [By Ihon Kynge, for Abraham Vele], [1555?]
Notes:
One of several versions of an anonymous herbal probably of medieval origin; this is the version of STC 13175.15.
The "W.C." applies to the short sections at the end, and probably refers to William Copland, who may have edited this edition as well.
Printer's and publisher's name from colophon; publication date conjectured by STC.
Signatures: A-K.
A variant of the edition with colophon reading: Imprinted at London by Ihon Kynge, for Ihon Waley.
Variant: colophon has "Abraham Vely".
Identified as STC 4729 on UMI microfilm.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1943. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 188:14). s1943 miun a
Cited in:
STC 4729
STC (2nd ed.) 13175.17.
Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit., I, p. 15; no. 190, 191.
OCLC:
55184508

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