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Creator

Frampton, John King, Edward Monardes, Nicolás

Place

Imprinted at London

Publisher

in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Quenes Armes, by William Norton

Date

1580

Edition

Newly corrected as by conference with the olde copies may appeare

Notes

The third parte of The medicinall historie" leaves 87-109, has divisional title page

Colophon reads: Imprinted at London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson, for William Norton

"A Booke which treateth of two medicines", leaves [111]-138, has divisional title page; it was first printed in "Dos libros. El vno trata de todas las cosas q[ue] trae[n] de n[uest]ras Indias Occide[n]tales, que siruen al vso de medicina", Seville, 1565

Signatures: *⁴ (*1 verso blank) A-2R⁴ 2S⁶ (-2S6) 2X⁶ (-2X6) 2T⁴ ²2X² (-²2X2) 2Y⁴ 2Z² (2Z2 verso blank)

By Nicolás Monardes, whose name appears on leaf *3 recto

There are two known states of this work: in this state, which has been called "the corrected issue," has "The end of the dialogue of yron." ending on page 2S3v andcleaves 163 and 177, 2nd count, asvcancels; the other is an earlier state with the text on leaves 163-181 printed in the wrong order

Translation, by John Frampton, of: Primera y segunda y tercera partes de la historia medicinal / by Nicolás Monardes, first published in three parts in Seville, 1574; part 1 first published under title: Dos libros. El uno trata de todas las cosas in Seville, 1565; part 2 first published under title: Segunda parte del libro de las cosas in Seville, 1571; This is the earliest complete English translation

"The seconde part of this booke ... written by Doctor Monardus", leaves 32-86, has divisional title page

"The Boke Which Treateth Of The Snow", leaves [1], 172-181, has separate title page, dated 1574; it was first printed in "Segunda parte del libro, de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales, que siruen al vso de medicina", Seville, 1571

"The Dialogue Of Yron", leaves [139]-163, has separate undated title page, with imprint: In Seuill in the house of Alonso Eserinano; it was first printed in "Primera y segunda y tercera partes de la historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales que siruen en medicina", Seville, 1574

Local notes

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Edward King: autograph; contains contemporary ms. notes in an unknown hand

John Carter Brown Library has "the corrected issue"

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting the last blank leaf