II] 



' Le Jardin de Sante' ' 



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that printed by Antoine Verard in Paris about the year 

 1500, under the title, ' Ortus sanitatis translate de latin 

 en francois.' Henry VII was one of Verard's patrons, 

 and in the account books of John Heron, Treasurer of the 

 Chamber, which are preserved at the Record Office, there 

 is an entry (1501 — 2) which runs, "Item to Anthony 



Text-fig. 17. "Unicornus" [Ortus Sanitatis, 

 Mainz, 1491]. 



Verard for two bokes called the gardyn of helth...^6." 

 This refers to a copy, in two parts, of Verard's translation 

 of the Ortus Sanitatis, which is still preserved in the British 

 Museum. 



The complete Ortus Sanitatis made its appearance for 

 the last time as ' Le Jardin de SanteV printed by Philippe 

 le Noir about 1539, and sold in Paris, "a lenseigne de la 

 Rose blanche couronnee." Text-fig. 18, taken from this 

 book, shows how the artist of the period represented a 

 "Garden of Health." 



A. 



