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A New Herball or Historie of Plants. Translated.....by Henrie Lyte.
de Dodoens, Rembert
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Fine illustrated and antiquarian Botany . 3rd. English Ed. Corr. & Amen., London, Edm. Bollifant. 1595. pp.[xl], 916, [48]. Black letter, title within woodcut decorative border. Crown 4to. AEG. Contents in nr. fine condition. Nineteenth century half-calf leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration, showing a little wear to spine, o/w. in thor. vg. condition. Prov: Neat private library stamp to pastedowns (Rothamsted, Lawes Trust, acquired by them in 1915). Henrey 112. Henry Lyte first translated Dodoens� celebrated herbal in 1578. The copy offered for sale here is the corrected and amended edition of 1595. Lyte�s work is held in high esteem. Agnes Arber commented that he was �no mere mechanical translator, for the herbal [Lyte�s own copy] is annotated and corrected, [with] references to de l�Obel and Turner being inserted�.
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- A New Herball or Historie of Plants. Translated.....by Henrie Lyte.
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- Dodoens, Rembert
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- 3rd. English Ed. Corr. & Amen., London, Edm. Bollifant. 1595
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- Fine illustrated and antiquarian Botany
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Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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