The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen / [Laurence Andrew].

  • Andrew, Laurence, active 1510-1537
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Antwerp : John of Doesborch, [1521?]

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79 pages, 82 unnumbered leaves, A*6, B-V*4 : woodcut title page in red & black, woodcuts ; (folio)

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This is an English version of the 'Tractatus de animalibus' in the Mainz 'Hortus Sanitatis' of 1491, with the same cuts.
Copy 1 Note: Sig. V ii-iv wanting. This is the most complete copy in existence. Formerly in the possession of Algernon Swinburne, it is described by W.C. Hazlitt in his Handbook.

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STC 22367 (Cambridge)
ESTC S121156
STC (2nd ed.), 13837.5

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    EPB/D/306

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