BOTANIK - Herbal books - Dodoens, Rembert. A nievve herball, or historie of plantes: wherin is contayned the whole discourse and perfect description of all fortes of herbs and plantes [...] nowe first translated out of French into English, by H. Lyte. With wide woodcut title border, 1 full-page woodcut. With wide woodcut title border, 1 full-page woodcut coat of arms, 1 woodcut portrait and 870 woodcuts in text. London, G. Dewes, 1578. 4° (28.5 × 19 cm). [13] pp., 779 p., [12] pp. Modern leather binding in the style of the period (spine with small rubbing, somewhat stained). Nissen BBI 516 - Pritzel 2345 - First English edition in translation after the French version of this work. Dodoens was a botanist and personal physician to Emperor Maximilian I, he published this herbal in 1554 in Old Flemish, later it was translated into French, English and Latin. - Somewhat browned, the first few pages with small, partly backed marginal defects, some dampstains and fingerstains in the margins. A good copy.