Dodoens, Rembert [Rembertus Dodonaeus]. De frugum historia liber unus. Antwerp: J. Loëus, 1552.
Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 242 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £1 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / A 1810/A).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 1b, no. 7 (10s.). — Ms catalogue (2), no. 510.
Digital versions: EEBO (Morris copy). — Internet Archive (Morris copy).

Sotheby 1898:

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Münster, Sebastian. Cosmographiae universalis lib. VI. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1552.
No Morris book label but with his signature on flyleaf. Illustrated.
Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 911 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £4 10s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / D 4477/D).
References: Ellis valuation, fol. 6b, no. 65 (£3). — MS catalogue (1), fol. 5v (£1 10s.) . — MS catalogue (2), no. 472, with three X’s beside the title.
Note in MS catalogue (1): “wood-cuts.”

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