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A Great Flemish Herbal 



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«embert Dodoens, one of the greatest botanists of the 16th century, 

 was born in ralines in 1517, studied at Louvaln, became physician 

 to the Emperors Maximilian II and Rudolph II and in 1582 Professor 

 of Medicine at Leyden, where he died three years later. 



Uodoens' interest in nedical botany led him to write his faroous herbal . 

 It was orjginallv published in Flemish and only two edltions were 

 printed at nis own responsibility, one in 155Ö anf the seoond in 1563 

 which is considerably enlarged and more richly illustrated, both 

 printed by Vander Loe in .ontwerp. 



This herbal is important for its plant olassification, for the exactness 

 of the desoriptions and the diotionary of plant names. It is moreover 

 a very beautiful woodeut book. Dodoens used partly the bloeks from 

 Fuchs' octavo herbal, but he added a number of new engravings. 

 The text is his own work, whereas t ie French translation was done by 

 u lusius and the • £i nglish version of 1578 by Henry Lyte. 



Only the flemish edition can ba considered as Dodoens' original work 

 and the 1563 edition is doubtless the most desirable. beoause it is 

 "met^ë'er^vë'ê'l sehoonef^uerenvermeer dert n - enriched with very 

 many nieepictures - as the eloquent title page assures the reader. 

 In faot, this edition nas exactly 126 cuts more than the earlier one. 



"DODOENS (Rembert). Craydeboeck . Antwerp 1563. 



Folio. 774 pages. Title within fine woodeut 

 border. ..'ith 841 woodeuts of plants and treBs. 

 Contemporary stamped oalf, neatly rebacked. 



^t References: Arber, ferbals, 82 ff. Funck, Le Livre Beige, 305. 



Jan Veth, De Prenten in het Cruydt-Boeek van Dodonaeus. 



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