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1. Latin. — An edition in IGmo, Lyons 1555, by Baltbazur 

 Arnollet, and another without date, printer's name, or place, but 

 as the device on the title page is a tree with five frogs,* doubtless 

 this edition was printed by Froschover at Zui-ich. Neither of 

 these editions is mentioned by the bibliographers. 



2. German. — The German translation appeared at Zurich iu 

 1555, and other editions were published in 1582, 1583, and 1608. 

 Of this last there is a copy here. 



3. French. — Like the German, the French translation was 

 executed immediately after the Latin appeared. It was published 

 at Lyons in 1555 in 4to, again in 1557 in 8vo, and in 1559, 

 in 8vo, by Antoine Vincent. T have not observed any reference 

 to the 1559 Lyons edition. As will be seen by the copy here, 

 it is a very j^rettily printed book with nice woodcuts of herbs and 

 chemical apparatus. 



4. English. — It was translated into English by Peter Morwyng, 

 and published by John Day, at London, in 1559. Another edi- 

 tion appeared in 1565, which corresponds page for i)age with the 

 earlier one, and ten years later, in 1575, a third edition came out. 

 The copy here is of the 1565 edition. It is handsomely printed 

 in bold black letter, and is illustrated by woodcuts of itlants and 

 apparatus for distillation. The main purpose indeed of the book is 

 to describe the way of preparing remedies from plants by that method. 



In 1569, after CJesner's death, a second part of the treasure was 

 edited by Caspar Wolff or Wulfius. It became nearly as popular 

 as the previous part, and was translated into French and English. 



1. Latin. It was first printed at Zurich in 1569, but I have 

 no copy to exhibit. 



2. The French version was executed by Jean Liebaut, and 

 appeared under his name at Lyons in 1593, in 8vo. Thereafter 

 at Rouen in 1G28, and 1643, of which edition a copy is here. I 

 have here also another })ublished at Rouen with tlie date INIVIC, 

 which would appear to mean 1600, and it would therefore be nuich 

 earlier than the other, but against this date is the fact that it has 

 not the look of a book printed in IGOO. Besides it is called on 

 the title page Derniere Edition, so that one would suppose it to 

 be subsequent to those above mentioned. 



* A more elaborate form of this device will be found on the title page 

 of Gesner's " /i//>//o//((ca," cd. Simler, 15S2, printed by Froschover. The 

 device is a punning one. 



