Claim: Christie's auction listing of a 1526 Grete Herball (Early Modern encyclopedia) claims there are only three complete copies of the first edition and early editions have been valued in the thousands at auction.
Evidence: Christie's auction listing of a 1526 Grete Herball claims there are only three complete copies of the first edition as well, with incomplete copies held by Yale and in the Marshall Collection. Early editions have been valued in the thousands at auction. The Grete Herball (The Great Herbal) is an Early Modern encyclopedia and the first illustrated herbal produced in English.