BIBLIOGRAPHIES 205 



Mr. Gordon Duff in his list of books printed by John Skot mentions " The 

 Book of Herbes. 12 mo. undated." 



The following editions printed by Robert Wyer are all undated. The 

 dates assigned in the British Museum Catalogue are 1530, 1535, 

 1540. 



Tf A newe Her- | ball of Macer, | Translated | out of La- | ten in to | 

 Englysshe. 



Colophon. ^ Imprynted by | me Robert wyer, | dwellynge in saint 

 Martyns pa | ryshe, at the sygne of saynt | John Euangelyst | besyde 

 Charyn | ge Crosse. | ^ j Secretary type, 8vo. 



Tf Hereafter folo | weth the know- [ ledge, proper | ties, and the | 

 vertues of | Herbes. 



Colophon. ^ Imprynted by | me Robert Wyer, I dwellynge in saynt 

 Martyns pa- | rysshe, at the sygne of saynt | John Euangelyst, | besyde 

 Charyn | ge Crosse. | >J< | Secretary type 8vo. 



Macers 

 of laten, 



Herbal | Practy- | syd by | Doctor | Lynacro | Translated out 

 into Englysshe, which | shewynge theyr Ope- | raycions & 



Vertues, | set in the margent | of this Boke, to | the extent you | myght 

 knowe | theyr Ver- | tues. 



Colophon. Imprynted by | me Robert wyer | dwellynge in seynt 

 Martyns Pa- | rysshe at the sygne of seynt [ lohn Euangelyst, besyde 

 Charyn- | ge Crosse. Black-letter 8vo. 



The only known copies of the two following editions are in the Bodleian 

 Library. 



1541. A boke of | the propertyes I of herbes the whiche I is called an Har | bal, 

 MD. | XLI. | 



Colophon. ^ Imprynted at London | in Paules Churchyearde, | at the 

 Sygne of the may- | dens head by Tho- | mas Petyt. | M.D.X.(L) Black- 

 letter 8vo. 

 1546. A boke of | the propertyes | of herbes the | whiche is | called an | Herbal. 



Colophon. Imprinted ] at London in Fletstrete | at the sygne of the 

 George | nexte to seynt Dunstones churche | by me Wyllyam Myddylton 

 in the yere of our Lorde | M.CCCCC.XLVI. | The thyrde day | of July 

 Black-letter 8vo. 



1548 (date assigned in the catalogue of the library of the Manchester Medical 

 Society. Only known copy.) ^j A boke of | the propertes | of herbes 

 the | which is cal ) led an her | bal. | ^ | 



Colophon. Imprynted at | London by | Johan Waley, | dwellynge in | 

 Foster Lane. | Black-letter 8vo. 



1550 (date assigned in the British Museum Catalogue). A boke of the 

 properties of Herbes called an her- | ball, whereunto is added the tyme y 6 

 herbes, floures and Sedes shoulde | be gathered to be kept the whole ye- 1 re, 

 with the vertue of y Herbes whe | they are stylled. Also a generall rule | 

 of al manner of Herbes drawen out I of an auncient boke I of Physycke 

 by | W. C. 1 



Colophon. Imprinted at London by Wyllyam | Copland. | Black- 

 letter 8vo. 



1552 (date assigned in the British Museum Catalogue). A boke of the 

 propreties of Herbes called an her | ball, whereunto is added the time y 



