Herball from The dialogues of creatures moralised ...
Subtitle: eleven dialogues
By: illustrated with woodcuts by Helen Siegl.
Contributors: Siegl, Helen.; Nicolaus, Pergaminus.; Mayno de' Mayneri, d. 1368.; Rosenwald, Edith Goodkind, donor.; Janus Press.; Janus Press Collection (Library of Congress); Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Janus Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: West Burke, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Fables.
Other titles: Herball.; Dialogues of creatures moralised.
Notes: Spine title: Herball. The dialogues of creatures moralised.
"First printed in Latin by Gerard Leeu in Gouda in 1480 & in English in 1535."
Authorship of the Latin original ascribed to Nicolaus Pergaminus and Mayno de' Mayneri. Cf. Pio Rajna, Del "Dialogus creaturarum," in Giorn. stor. della letterat. ital., v. 3, 4, 10, 11.
Title page printed in red and black.
The illustrations are hand-colored.
"One hundred and fifty numbered and signed copies." No. 68.
First and last leaves serve as paste downs; second and penultimate leaves are also blank.
An extra copy of the isope and the mandragora prints laid in.