Rams little Dodeon [sic] : A briefe epitome of the new herbal, or history of plants. Wherein is contayned the disposition and true declaration of the phisike helpes of all sortes of herbes and plants, vnder their names and operations, not onely of those which are here in this our Countrey of England growing but of all others also of other realmes, countreyes and nations vsed in phisike: Collected out of the most exquisite newe herball, or history of plants, first set forth in the Dutch or Almayne tongue, by ... D. Reinbert Dodeon, ... and lately translated into English by Henry Lyte, ... and now collected and abbridged by William Ram, Gent. Pandit oliua suos Ramos.
1606
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Rams little Dodeon [sic] : A briefe epitome of the new herbal, or history of plants. Wherein is contayned the disposition and true declaration of the phisike helpes of all sortes of herbes and plants, vnder their names and operations, not onely of those which are here in this our Countrey of England growing but of all others also of other realmes, countreyes and nations vsed in phisike: Collected out of the most exquisite newe herball, or history of plants, first set forth in the Dutch or Almayne tongue, by ... D. Reinbert Dodeon, ... and lately translated into English by Henry Lyte, ... and now collected and abbridged by William Ram, Gent. Pandit oliua suos Ramos.
Uniform title
Cruydenboeck. English. Abridgement
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Simon Stafford, dwelling in the Cloth Fayre, at the signe of the three Crownes, 1606.
Description
[43], 213 p. ; (4to)
Note
Extracts of the medical applications, with additions, by William Ram, of a translation of the French translation by Charles de l'Ecluse of: Dodoens, Rembert. Cruydeboeck.
Six leaves of manuscript bound in at end of Cambridge University Library copy include an index and a folded table.
Signatures: A-C⁴, D-R⁸, S⁴.
Stationers' register: Entered 9 June 1600.
Six leaves of manuscript bound in at end of Cambridge University Library copy include an index and a folded table.
Signatures: A-C⁴, D-R⁸, S⁴.
Stationers' register: Entered 9 June 1600.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 6988
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114964
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114964
Linked resources
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 6988: "The Strange and Practical Beauty of Small-Format Herbals", The Collation (15 March 2018)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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STC 6988
Folger-specific note
cs545. Heavily annotated with manuscript notes and marks (some in red). I1 lacking, supplied by photostat from another copy; cropped at fore-edge, affecting side-notes. Provenance: inscription on front paste-down: "John T. Beer, Rock-Ferry"