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Herball from the Dialogues of creatures moralised ... : eleven dialogues

Title: Herball from the Dialogues of creatures moralised ... : eleven dialogues / illustrated with woodcuts by Helen Siegl.
Publication: West Burke, Vt. : Janus Press, 1979.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KP+ (Janus, West Burke) 91-137	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

[24] p. : 11 col. ill.; 30 cm.

Alternative Title

Herbal from the Dialogues of creatures moralised.

Subject

Note

Authorship of the Latin original ascribed to Nicolaus Pergaminus and Mayno de' Mayneri. Cf. Pio Rajna, "Del 'Dialogus creaturarum'," in Giornale storico della letteratura italiana, v. 3, 4, 10, 11.
"First printed in Latin by Gerard Leeu in Gouda in 1480 & in English in 1535."
"From the 1816 English edition ..., edited by W.R. Johnson and Sabina Thorne"--Fine.
Illustrations: 11 prints : wood engraving, hand-col. ; full-page (image 22 x 16 cm.). "Printed from original blocks and handcolored by Kaja McGowan"--Colophon.
Binding, publisher's, by Jim Bicknell, of gold cloth.

Indexed In (note)

Call Number

*KP+ (Janus, West Burke) 91-137

LCCN

80455319

OCLC

NYPG91-B28228

Title

Herball from the Dialogues of creatures moralised ... : eleven dialogues / illustrated with woodcuts by Helen Siegl.

Imprint

West Burke, Vt. : Janus Press, 1979.

Indexed In:

Fine, R. Janus Press 1975-80, p. 45

Local Note

No. 61 of 150 copies printed on tan paper; signed by the illustrator.

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Added Author

Siegl, Helen.

Nicolaus, Pergaminus.

Mayno, de' Mayneri, -1368.

Added Title

Herbal from the Dialogues of creatures moralised.

Research Call Number

*KP+ (Janus, West Burke) 91-137