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A booke of the arte and manner how to plant and graffe all sorts of trees : how to sette stones and sovv pipins, to make wild trees to graffe on, as also remedies and medicines : with diuers other new practises, by one of the Abbey of S. Vincent in Fraunce, practised with his owne hands : deuided into vii. chapters, as here after more plainly shall appeare with an addition in the ende of this booke, of certaine Dutch practises
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| Title | A booke of the arte and manner how to plant and graffe all sorts of trees : how to sette stones and sovv pipins, to make wild trees to graffe on, as also remedies and medicines : with diuers other new practises, by one of the Abbey of S. Vincent in Fraunce, practised with his owne hands : deuided into vii. chapters, as here after more plainly shall appeare with an addition in the ende of this booke, of certaine Dutch practises |
| Detail Depicted | Illustrations--Relief--Woodcuts (Leaf C4 recto) |
| Uniform Title | Booke of the arte and maner, howe to plant and graffe all sortes of trees |
| Creator/Author | Leonard Mascall [Mascall, Leonard, d. 1589] |
| Publisher | [s.n.] |
| Place of Publication | Imprinted at London [England--London] |
| Date of Publication | 1596 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Fruit-culture -- Early works to 1800
Grafting -- Earlyworks to 1800
Gardening -- Early works to 1800
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| Genre Heading | Early printed books--1501-1600 (16th century)
Scientific works
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| Bibliographic Elements | [10], 84, [10] p. : ill. ; 18 cm. (4to) |
| Printing Method | Letterpress on handmade laid paper |
| Printer | Imprinted at London |
| Image Production Process | Woodcuts
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| Binding | Bound in contemporary calf with gold and blind tooling and sprinkled design, sewn on five cords.
Headband in two colors.
Rebacked; replacement endsheets.
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| General Notes | Signatures: A-O[superscript 4] P[superscript 4](-P4) [$3 signed] [missigning E3 as D3]; 60 leaves, pp. [24] [1] 2-84 [10] [misnumbering 17 as 24, 24 as 17, and 65 as 63]
Illustrated title page, head-pieces and tail-pieces, initials.
Includes index.
Based upon David Brossard's B793aEL'art et maniere de semer pepins et de faire pepiniere.
Illustration shows grafting and pruning instruments. |
| References | Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit.,; 21 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Historical Book Arts Collection |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Special Collections |
| Call Number | SpecColl Rare Books SB359.45 M37 1596 |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned in RGB color using an Olympus C-2000 Zoom digital camera and saved in.jpg format and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2003 |
| Restrictions/Copyright | Some of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections. |
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