Lot 90
Trees.- Here begynneth the Boke of the Arte or Crafte of Graffynge and Plantyng of Trees, first and only edition, Imprinted at London in Lothbery over agaist S. Margarets church by me Wyllyam Copland, 1565.
Hammer Price: £16,000
Description
Trees.- Here begynneth the Boke of the Arte or Crafte of Graffynge and Plantyng of Trees, first and only edition, collation: A-B4, printed entirely in black letter, fine woodcut on title depicting two men hewing trees, all leaves with marginal restoration, soiled, some early ink annotations, modern calf, [STC 5954.2], small 4to, Imprinted at London in Lothbery over against S. Margarets church by me Wyllyam Copland, [?1565].
⁂ The only recorded copy. From a bookseller's catalogue description it would appear this copy was purchased from Maggs in 1936 for £52.10s (subsequently rebound and repaired). "This little piece is of excessive rarity. One copy is recorded in Pollard's "Hand-Lists of English Printers" as in a Private Library, and there is a reference in a note in Dibdin's "Typographical Antiquities"...Outside these two references we have been unable to trace any record of this little work." (Maggs). ESTC 91551 locates this copy only; not in Worldcat.
Rothamsted acquisition date 1936.
Description
Trees.- Here begynneth the Boke of the Arte or Crafte of Graffynge and Plantyng of Trees, first and only edition, collation: A-B4, printed entirely in black letter, fine woodcut on title depicting two men hewing trees, all leaves with marginal restoration, soiled, some early ink annotations, modern calf, [STC 5954.2], small 4to, Imprinted at London in Lothbery over against S. Margarets church by me Wyllyam Copland, [?1565].
⁂ The only recorded copy. From a bookseller's catalogue description it would appear this copy was purchased from Maggs in 1936 for £52.10s (subsequently rebound and repaired). "This little piece is of excessive rarity. One copy is recorded in Pollard's "Hand-Lists of English Printers" as in a Private Library, and there is a reference in a note in Dibdin's "Typographical Antiquities"...Outside these two references we have been unable to trace any record of this little work." (Maggs). ESTC 91551 locates this copy only; not in Worldcat.
Rothamsted acquisition date 1936.
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