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Mascall Arte Plant and Graffe 1582

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fourth edition, woodcut title vignette, plate, illustrations and large printer's device to final f., light spotting and browning, antique style polished calf, gilt, rubbed at extremities, [cf.Henrey 15 and p.258; STC 17576], small 4to, [J.Kingston] for Jhon Wight, 1582.

***Rare. Mascall was one of the first to cultivate the pippin apple in England. Little is known of the author, save that he became clerk of the kitchen in the household of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. Provenance: The Abel E. Berland copy with bookplate..

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