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The title-pages of the early herbals were often de- 

 corated with such pictures. A more ambitious example 

 is reproduced in Text-fig. 113. In this case the apothecary's 

 store-room is also depicted, and a housewife is portrayed, 



Text-fig. 18. A Herbalist's Garden [Le Jardin de Santd, ?i539]. 



laying fragrant herbs among linen. The small garden 

 scene on the tide-page of the ' Grete Herball ' (1526) is of 

 special interest, since it includes representations of the male 

 and female Mandrake (Text-fig. 112). 



