The birth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke : Newly set foorth, corrected, and augmented. Whose contentes ye may reade in the table of the booke, and most plainely in the prologue. By Thomas Raynalde phisition.
- Raynalde, Thomas, active 1540-1551
- Date:
- [1585?]
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About this work
Also known as
Byrth of mankynde
Womans booke.
Publication/Creation
[London] : [Printed by Richard Jugge?], [1585?]
Physical description
14 unnumbered pages, xxxix, xxxix-Cxxxi leaves, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates
References note
STC (2nd ed.) 21159.
Notes
Based on a translation by Richard Jonas of a Latin edition of: Roeslin, Eucharius. Der swangern Frawen und hebammen Rosegarten.
Imprint from STC.
The "plates" are woodcut, printed on conjugate leaves.
This edition has A2v catchword "hard".
Second line of title begins "of". Variant: quire A in apparently another setting; second line of title begins "Of". STC also notes variant setting of quire K inner sheet.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1558:7) s1999 miun s