Farfel Notebook 08: Leaves 499-571

E6 (of 6) my leaf → fo. xxx DeSancto Augustino episcopo 7 confessore.

Transactions of the Bibliographical Society The Library Series 5, Vol. 25, p1-10. John Capgrave spent most of his life in the Augustinian Friary at Lynn, now King's Lynn Norfolk - only 4 saints' lives are definitely known to be his work: those fo St. Augustine of Hippo, St. Gilbert of Sempringham, St. Katherine of Alexandria + St. Norbert. All 4 are in English, the last 2 in verse. Nova Legenda Anglic - Capgrave's part in the making of this work was probably nil. -- a collection of 168 Saints' lives in the 1516 ed. printed by W. de Worde. De Worde's ed. of 1516 follows the alphabetical arrangement of the Sanctilogium + includes in addition a Prologue, some more lives + a colophon. - had its origin in the Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae of John, vicar of Tynemouth (1350-63 f.) - also called Johannes Anglicus - only manuscript of this work in its orginal arrangement survives. 3 MSS of a rearranged version survive. There is no means of knowing which MSS version was used in making the printed edition. Consequently it is impossible to know how many lives (if any) were added to the collection for the 1st time in the 1516 ed. HEHL 45575 St. Augustine begins on fo xxii (D4) 10 3/4 x 7 1/2" ends on fo xxxii (F2) before - Sctō Audoeno ēpo et cōnfessore after - Sancto Bartholomeno seruo dei 7 monacho Volume beings with Sctō Adriano abbate et cōnfessore ends with Sancto Wlstano Epo et confessore, folio cccxxxiiii

Collation: πA6 A-X6 a-z676 aa-ll6 πA6V full page arms of England, Alr text 342 leaves. 44 lines + healdine, double column. Woodcut criblée + grotesque initials. A collection of 168 saints' lives None of the manuscripts or early printed editions of the work names the author. Its alphabetical rather than chronological arrangement increased its utility as a work of reference as well as a work of devotion.

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John Gerarde (1545-1612) The Herball or General Historic of Plantes

See #53 #391 #275

Very much enlarged + Amended by Thomas Johnson London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton + Richard Whitakers, 1633. f^0 Ref: STC 11751, Hunt 233, Henney 155, Nissen 698. Arber p. 134 Copy: Stanford, HEHL Well come 2754 Printed 3282

Lib. 2 p. 615-6 Chap. 193. Of the bastard Chickweeds.

19 leaves, 1634 (misnub. 1630) pp. 1 leaf, 23 leaves indices. With engraved title by John Payne + 2766 woodcuts of plants within the text.

1st ed. of the revised version of the famous herbal. While the 1597 ed. of the Gerard left much to be desired in scientific accuracy, this new ed. by T. Johnson is superior by fan in the text as well as in the set of botanical woodcuts which had previously been used by Plantin. The fine elaborate title shows the figures of Theaphrastus + Dioscorides, or top of Ceres + Pomona, + at the bottom a portrait of Gersud, flanked by 2 flower vases taken from a Dutch pattern book.

Ca. 1600-1644 Thomas Johnson, a London apothecary was assisted by John Goodyer + others. The errors were corrected to such a degree that this edition of the Herbal (1633) is often referred to as the "Gerard Emaculata" Johnson added 800 her species + 700 woodcuts. He cultivated a physic garden in what is how the center a London + went on plant-hunting tours through the countryside. His records of these

excursions, such as "Iter Plantarum Investigationis ergo susceptum a decem Sociis in Agrum Cantianum anno Dom. 1629" are the 1st English local floras. But for his tragic early death, Johnson would without doubt have been a great figure in the development of English botany.

Chap. 191 Of Gromell my leaf Eee6 (of 6) 192 Of Chickeweed 194 Of Pimpernell 195 Of Brooke-line, or water Pimpernell Book 1. fol. 1 → 229 230 blank 2. p. 231 → 1257 1258 blank T6 (of 6) Nnnnn3 (of 6) 3. p 1259 → 1589

1597 edition - some 1800 woodcuts.

Passages which Johnson substantially emended were marked c a dagger, + complete new ones with a double cross - see my page 615 #13. Chapt. 192 - 1st edition of Johnson's Gerarde, who edited + greatly enlarged the original ed. of 1597... "c marked success, even adding a balanced + comprehensive introduction...the Herball thuse transformed, reached a far higher level than Gerarde's own ed." Arber, Herbals, 134. - This ed. was of special importance in the New World. This work, plus the herbal knowledge of the indigenous peoples, was the primary basis for early American medical studies. So important was it that the Genus Gerardia was named for Gerard + of its 30 or so species, most are North American

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William Morris. (1834-1896) Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair (2 volumes) Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press, 1895. 16 mo. Copy: Stanford {p. 105-6} Ref: Peterson A35, Ransom p. 329 #35, Tomkinson {Vol. I} p. 116 Sparling p. 161 Vol. i [a]4 b-r8 132 leaves, pp. [8][I] 2-256 Vol. ii [A]4 B-Q8 124 leaves, pp. [8] 1-239 [240] Flower (2) paper. Leaf 142 x 103 mm. Text: 20 lines, x 59 mm. Chaucer type - black + red. Binding: Quarter holland. (blue paper on boards) 600 paper copies (15 s.) i 12 vellum copies (4 ghs.) finished July 25, 1895. Issued Sept. 25, 1895. The story - whose plot was suggested by that of Havelok the Dane, printed by the Early English Text Society. Woodcut title page + woodcut border around first page of text. papers Flower (1) 16 x 11 inches. - used only in the earliest books. + Flower (2) 16 x 22. " watermarks Perch 16 3/4 x 23. " Apple 18 1/4 x 12 3/4. "

Vol. I Chapt. I → XX. Chapt. I. Of the King of Oakenrealm, and his wife and his child. Chapt. VIII. Christopher comes to the Tofts, p. 73 → 108

p. 103 The men in the hall. 104 Women on the dais. 107 Jack speaks. 108 The leeching of Christopher.

Vol. II Chapt. XXI → XXXVIII.