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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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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early English books, 1475-1640.
- 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
- 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.
- Photocopy of microfilm. (Early English books, 1475-1640)
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 13175.17
- Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit., I, p. 15; no. 190, 191
- OCLC:
- 55184508
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