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A07168 A booke of the arte and maner, howe to plant and graffe all sortes of trees howe to set stones, and sowe pepines to make wylde trees to graffe on, as also remedies and mediicnes [sic]. VVith diuers other newe practise, by one of the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Fraunce, practised with his owne handes, deuided into seauen chapters, as hereafter more plainely shall appeare, with an addition in the ende of this booke, of certaine Dutch practises, set forth and Englished, by Leonard Mascall. Mascall, Leonard, d. 1589.; Brossard, David. Art et manière de semer et faire pépinières de sauvageaux. 1572 (1572) STC 17574; ESTC S112379 70,468 124

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