A LEAF FROM THE 1583 REMBERT DODOENS HERBAL PRINTED BY CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN.
by (Book Club of California). Dodoens, Rembert. With a short essay by Carey S. Bliss
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About This Item
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Like new in plain paper jacket. Folio (14 x 9.5 inches), white cloth with gilt spine title, title and portrait of Dodoens printed in olive green on front board; 288 pp., profusely illustrated with reproductions from old engravings, original leaf from the 1583 edition tipped-in.
Leaf (page 827/828) measures 13.75 x 8.5 inches and contains on recto descriptions of "Malo Armeniaca" (apricot) with engraved illustration and "Amygdalus" (almond) with engraved illustration following on verso. Designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom in an edition of 385 copies.
Leaf (page 827/828) measures 13.75 x 8.5 inches and contains on recto descriptions of "Malo Armeniaca" (apricot) with engraved illustration and "Amygdalus" (almond) with engraved illustration following on verso. Designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom in an edition of 385 copies.
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- Chanticleer Books
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- 22378
- Title
- A LEAF FROM THE 1583 REMBERT DODOENS HERBAL PRINTED BY CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN.
- Author
- (Book Club of California). Dodoens, Rembert. With a short essay by Carey S. Bliss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like new in plain paper jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1977
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- Recto
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