Old English herbals 1525-1640 / by Horace Mallinson Barlow.

  • Barlow, Horace Mallinson, 1884-
Date:
1913
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Old English herbals 1525-1640 / by Horace Mallinson Barlow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    starres to every part of man’s body being diseased to the sooner recouerie.” Another edition bearing Askham’s name was printed by John Kynge. It is copied from that printed by Powell, and has the same title, with the usual variations in the spelling :— Title.—A litle Her- | ball of the properties of Herbes, | newly amended and corrected, wyth | certayne Additions at the ende of | the boke, declaring what Herbes | hath influence of certain Sterres | and constellations, whereby maye | be chosen the best and most lucky | tymes and dayes of their mini- | stracion, according to the Moone | beyng in the signes of heaue | the which is daily appoi- | ted in the Almanacke, | made and gathe- | red in the yeare | of our Lorde | God. | M.D.L. | the xii. daye of Febru- | .ary by Anthony Askha | Physycyon. | Colophon.—Imprynted at London, in | Paule’s churchyarde, at the | signe of the Swanne, by | Jhon Kynge. | Black letter, 8vo, A—K7. (A perfect copy A—K8.) The colophon bears no date, and the year 1550 mentioned on the title-page, which relates to the “ Almanacke,” and not to the book itself, has been quoted by bibliographers as the date of publication. This is the date assigned to the work in the British Museum catalogue. King, however, did not begin to print until 1555, and the book, therefore, could not have been printed before that year. A more probable date would be 1556—7. The last edition of “ Banckes’ Herbal ” we have to consider was also printed by John Kynge, who this time followed the title given to the book by Copland, rather than that by Powell, which he copied in the edition just described. Title.—CL, A boke of the j propreties of Herbes called an her | ball, whereunto is added the time ye | herbes, floures and Sedes shold | be gathered to be kept the whole | yere, with the vertue of ye Her | bes when they are stilled. Al- | so a general rule of al ma- | ner of Herbes drawen | out of an auncient | boke of Phisyck | by W. C. | [Woodcut.] Colophon.—CL, Imprinted at London by | Jhon kynge, for | Abraham Wely. | Black letter, 8vo, A—K8. This contains the same number of chapters as Banckes’ edition, as well as the additions found for the first time in Copland’s. It is also undated, and I am unable to say whether it was earlier or later than the other edition by the same printer. Details concerning Wely’s life afford no clue, but it must have been printed between 1555, the year ydien King began to print, and 1561, the date of his death.