The Herball or Generall History of Plantes by Gerard (139 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original 1597 1st edition copy of Gerards Herbal. 12 x 8.5 rebound in 20th Century in Leather and fabric. Engraved title page and two leaves from main text missing. (Facsimilies enclosed).

Hardcover. Third Edition. First published in 1597, this is the second edition edited by Thomas Johnson (a reprint of the 1633 edition) who corrected many of Gerard's errors and who improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin's woodcuts. Thick Folio (9" x 13") bound in full early calf sympathetically rebacked with a new red morocco spine label; (36), 30, (29)-30, (29)-1630, (48) pages with a list of errata on the verso of the last leaf. Illustrated with an engraved title page with a border of vignettes, decorative and historiated headpieces and initials, and 2,766 botanical woodcuts in the text describing over 2800 plants. Hunt 223; Nissen 698; STC 11751. Original front blank endpaper replaced. Tasteful bookplate of Roger Gates on the front pastedown. Minor loss to the lower blank outside corner of the first dozen or so pages, not close to the text; title page with small repairs. Some old dampstaining, mostly marginal and mostly rather faint. Nice, clean copy of this important book.

Thick folio, with more than 2500 woodcut illustrations of plants, as well as numerous other woodcut decorations; contemporary sprinkled calf, spine ornately gilt in wide compartments, red morocco label. A splendid copy of one of the most famous English herbals, here in the second printing of the best edition, Johnson's 'very much enlarged and amended' version which first appeared in 1633. This massive herbal made the barber-surgeon and horticulturist Gerard (1545-1612) famous when its first version appeared in 1597, and it remained highly esteemed for more than 200 years. Gerard's work was based on his experience in his own substantial gardens and as superintendent of several others in and around London, including various properties owned by William Cecil, first Baron Burghley, whose gardens were famous for their variety of plants and trees. Despite claims that his work was derivative, 'Gerard contributed greatly towards the advancement of the knowledge of plants in England, and in his Herball described and illustrated several hundreds of. native plants, including about 182 which were additional to those recorded in earlier works.' (Henrey). In 1632 the successors of Gerard's first publisher commissioned Thomas Johnson (d. 1644), the well-known apothecary and botanist, to prepare a second edition. He did this so well and added so much (a valuable comprehensive historical introduction as well as half again as many woodcuts) that Johnson's version is generally recognised as the "best edition". Johnson 'corrected many of Gerard's more gullible errors, and improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin's woodcuts.' (Hunt). Arber says that 'the Herball, thus transformed, reached a far higher level than Gerard's own edition'. In this revised form, the book was still being used in botany classes as late as the end of the 18th century. The thousands of charming woodcuts are both large and detailed, and represent an incredible body of work. "The title-page of The Herball is particularly attractive. It was executed by John Payne (1607-1647), one of the most talented engravers of the period. In the upper part of Payne's work we see a luxuriant garden with the goddesses Ceres and Pomona on either side. Below them are the fathers of botany, Theophrastus and Dioscorides, while in the lower section two imposing vases filled with flowers surround a portrait of Gerard, who is shown facing in the opposite direction to that of the portrait by Rogers. The vase on the left is crowned with a bunch of bananas as a tribute to Johnson. "One of the most significant additions made by Johnson was his chapter on the 'Maracot' or 'Grandilla' as it was called at the time (actually the passion-flower). He includes a full page illustration (p. 1592) and refers the reader to Monardes for more information on this exotic species. In the long preface Johnson traces the history of the botanical sciences, analyzing the contributions of celebrated figures from the mythical King Solomon to William Turner. He closes with some critical remarks on John Gerard and the origins of his herbal." (Tomasi & Willis, An Oak Spring Herbaria, p. 84). . Provenance: Armorial bookplate of "Walford" and 17th-century signature of Elizabeth Taylor of Wimbish Hall (Essex). The engraved title page mounted, with tiny losses at corners and inner margin, dedication leaf slightly soiled and stained, a few minor spots and stains; binding neatly repaired at joints and extremities; in overall excellent condition.

Second edition overall and first Johnson edition. Engraved title, woodcut illustrations. [38], 1630, [50] pp. Lacks preliminary and terminal blanks, as usual. 1 vols. Folio. "This is the first edition enlarged and edited by Thomas Johnson (1595-1644) who corrected many of Gerard's more gullible errors, and improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin's woodcuts" (Hunt). "So great had been the progress of botany in the thirty-six years since Gerard's original publication, that Johnson added over eight hundred new species to the list, and seven hundred figures, besides numerous corrections. The work, which contains about 2,850 descriptions, is commonly known by the name 'Gerarde emaculatus,' given to it by Ray. Johnson seems, however, to have completed it in a year" (DNB). ESTC S122165; Hunt 223; Nissen 698; Henrey 155 Full panelled calf, expertly rebacked Engraved title, woodcut illustrations. [38], 1630, [50] pp. Lacks preliminary and terminal blanks, as usual. 1 vols. Folio Second edition overall and first Johnson edition.

GERARD, JOHN. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. London: By Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1633. Folio. Engraved title, [36], 30, 29-30, 29-1630, [48] p. Illustrated with over 2500 woodcuts of plants. Early nineteenth-century panelled calf, neatly rebacked retaining original fully gilt spine. Title lightly soiled but complete and free of any repair, blank fore- and bottom edges of A4-5 neatly extended, a few marginal tears neatly closed, intermittant faint dampstain in top margin becoming a bit more noticeable toward the end of the text, marginal repair to 7A1 (index) costing several page numbers, blank lower corner of 7B5 replaced. A very good and most attractive copy, without the extensive repairing and sophistication that nearly always comes with early English herbals. With an ownership inscription and cost dated 1634. The first printing of the second and "best" edition of John Gerard's great English herbal, very extensively corrected and enlarged by Thomas Johnson from the original edition of 1597. John Gerard (1545-1612) was a barber-surgeon and horticulturist who based his work on Rembert Dodoens' earlier Stirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex and on his own extensive gardening experience. Thirty-six years later, when a new and more accurate edition was called for, Thomas Johnson, a well-known apothecary and botanist, was chosen for the task. Johnson wrote a lengthy new preface, "corrected many of Gerard's more gullible errors, and improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin's woodcuts." (Hunt) Johnson's improvements were so great that "Johnson's Gerard" quickly became the desired edition, and a second printing was done in 1636. Early English herbals have always been keenly sought by collectors, and they are normally found either imperfect or heavily repaired and sophisticated. The present copy is complete and with relatively minor restoration. Hunt 223; Henrey 155; Nissen 698; STC 11751.

Second Printing of the Best Edition Of The Most Famous English Herbal GERARD, John. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie, Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London. London: Printed for Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636. Third edition of Gerard's Herball (first published in 1597), the second edition edited by Thomas Johnson, a reprint of his "very much enlarged and amended" 1633 edition, with the errata corrected in the text. Large folio (13 1/4 x 8 15/16 inches; 337 x 227 mm.). [38], 1630 [i.e, 1634], [1], [1, blank], [46, indexes and tables] pp. Bound without the initial and final blank leaves, as usual. Engraved allegorical title by John Payne and 2,766 woodcut illustrations of plants in the text. Decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Mid-nineteenth-century sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked, with original spine laid down. Spine decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with five raised bands and tan morocco gilt lettering label. Board edges decoratively tooled in gilt. Marbled endpapers. An excellent and generally clean copy with condition issues of minor consequence compulsively noted below. The second edition of Gerarde to be edited by Thomas Johnson, a reprint of the 1633 edition, with the errata corrected, and in place of the list of errata on the verso of the last leaf there is "An Advertisement to the Readers." "The first edition of Gerard's herbal [1597] held the field without a competitor for more than a generation. It was not until it began to be noticed abroad that a certain John Parkinson would soon produce a new herbal to take its place, that the successors of Gerard's original publisher were brought to the point of undertaking a second edition. In 1632 they commissioned Thomas Johnson, a well-known London apothecary and botanist, to carry out the work, with the proviso that it must be completed within the year. This heavy task Johnson accomplished with marked success, even adding a balanced and comprehensive historical introduction. He recalls Gaspard Bauhin in his scholarly anticipation of modern methods of editorship. He has, for example, a system of marking the text to distinguish the degrees to which he has altered or re-written Gerarde's descriptions. Johnson's new version was illustrated with a set of 2,766 blocks, previously used in the botanical books published by Plantin. The Herball, thus transformed, reached a far higher level than Gerard's own edition" (Arber, Herbals, p. 134). Condition: Small ink blot on E1 recto (p. 53); small paper flaw in the upper blank margin of E5 (pp. 61/62), just touching one letter on the recto; small hole in I4 (pp. 107/108), just affecting one woodcut on the recto and a few letters on the verso; small rust spot on T6-V2 (pp. 232-235), just affecting a couple of letters; slight browning in the gutter of X2 and X3 (pp. 248 and 249) from an inserted flower, now removed; small ink blot on Dd6 verso (p. 328), affecting one woodcut; small piece torn from upper blank margin of Tt1 (pp. 497/498), just touching rule; outer margin of Ccc1 (pp. 581/582) strengthened on the recto; small repair in the outer blank margin of Vuu1 (pp. 785/786); short tear (1 inch) in the lower blank margin of Ffff1-Ffff2 (pp. 893-896), just touching one letter on p. 893; small rust hole in Ssssss3 (pp. 1593/1594), just affecting a couple of letters; short clean tear in Yyyyyy1 (first leaf of index), not affecting text. Some light offsetting from the woodcuts, faint dampstain in the lower margin of a few leaves, a few additional small stains or rust spots, and a few additional minor marginal tears or paper flaws. Small bookseller's label ("R.D. Steedman/Bookseller/Newcastle-on-Tyne") on front pastedown. Henrey 156. Hunt 230. Nissen, BBI, 698. Pritzel 3282. STC 11752.

Third edition. Third edition. Engraved title by John Payne, over 2700 woodcut illustrations to text. [38], 1630 [i.e, 1634], [48] pp. (lacking initial and final blank as usual). Folio. John Gerard was a 16th-century English botanist with a large herbal garden in London. His Herball, a 1,484 page illustrated book, was first published in 1597. It was a largely unacknowledged translation of Rembert Dodoen's herbal, itself published in 1554, and popular in Dutch, Latin, French, and in other English translations. This revised and enlarged third edition, the second by Thomas Johnson, corrects many of Gerard's errors and adds 800 new species and 700 woodcuts. This third edition is the most complete edition of Johnson and Gerard's work and is a landmark in natural history. Brunet II: 1548; Hunt 230; Nissen BBI 698; STC 11752 Later boards, rebacked in half calf, text toned with some light dampstaining Engraved title by John Payne, over 2700 woodcut illustrations to text. [38], 1630 [i.e, 1634], [48] pp. (lacking initial and final blank as usual). Folio.

, [12], 1392 pages, [68], includes black and white engravings in the text, arranged in 3 books First Edition , some light scratching to cover, re-backed with original spine, front hinge repairs, lacks title page and 2 leaves from the prelims, p61/62, p507/508, and p559/560, the first leaf of text and index pages are reinforced with Japanese tissue, p557/558 is torn, some pages are misnumbered and corrected in ink, occasional mark to pages, good condition , full panelled calf with five raised bands and gilt title and decoration on spine large octavo 23x33cm Hardback ISBN:

pp.[xxxviii], 1632 with engraved title, over 2,500 wood-block engravings plus Indexes and Table of Virtues. Collated and complete. Folio. Hardback. Seven wood-block engravings hand coloured (not dated but in keeping with the practice of the period). Last leaf professionally remargined with loss to a couple of letters only. Other than marking to some margins, as is common with herbals, and some occ. minor spotting the contents are very clean and nr. fine. More recently handsomely rebound in full calf with raised bands and blind ruling decoration, a trifle marked o/w. fine. A very pleasing copy of Thomas Johnson s expanded version of John Gerarde s Herball (first published 1597). It is noteworthy for its many corrections, improvements, additions (Henrey). Johnson indicated where he had made amendments with obelisk and double obelisk symbols.

Thick Folio. Second edition and considered the best edition because of Johnson's expansion and extensive corrections. Johnson added over eight hundred new species and seven hundred new illustrations. Engraved title page, [38], 1630[1], [47]pp. [1pp. errata], as stated by ESTC-Dlr last line begins "sists".In three books. 1. The First Book contains grasses, bushes, reeds, corne, flags, and bulbous or onion-rooted plants. 2. The Second Book contains the description, place, time, names, nature, and vertues of all sorts of herbes, for meat, medicine, or sweet-smelling use. 3. The Third Book contains the description, place, time, names, nature, and vertues of trees, shrubs, busses, fruit-bearing plantes, rosins, gums, roses, heath, mosses, some Indian plants, and other rare plants not remembered in the proeme to the first booke. Also mushrooms, corall, ad their severall kindes. includes the Latin names of the plants and a table of the English names as are attributed to the herbes, shrubs, and trees mentioned in this historie, along with the table of vertues, very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson Citizen and Apothecarye, illustrated throughout with wood-cuts, first and last, leaves blank, Page 795 is misnumbered 797; page 933 is misnumbered 936; Page 1457 is misnumbered 1459; Upper margin with small piece torn away not affecting text, occasional spots of foxing or staining but generally clean. A very nice copy bound in contemporary calf, handsomely rebacked to style, raised bands ruled in gilt, red morocco spine label gilt, housed within a custom leather backed slipcase, Armorial bookplate of Aluredi Baronis De Bray, and George Brudenell, president of Kettering and District Naturalists' Society and Field Club, dated 1938. [ESTC-S122165].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. folio. pp. 19 p.l. (incl. engraved title by J.Payne which incorporates a portrait of the author in the lower panel above the imprint), 1630 [i.e. 1634], [44]. lacking initial & final blanks & 2 leaves of index (R-S). over c2766 woodcuts of plants in the text. woodcut ornaments & initials. 19th century calf, rebacked with spine mounted, corners renewed (covers rubbed, engraved title cut to neatline at lower & outer edge & mounted, 2 leaves of index cropped one torn with slight loss, otherwise a very good clean copy although the margins in general are closely trimmed). Second and Best Edition (first: 1597), the first to be edited by London apothecary and botanist, Thomas Johnson, who contributed extensived revisions and additions. "Gerard is perhaps the best remembered of all the English herbalists." (Garrison & Morton). A barber surgeon, he supervised the gardens of Lord Burleigh and Theobolds and kept his own famous garden in Holborn for twenty years, for which he issued a list of plants cultivated, the first complete catalogue ever published of the contents of a single garden. According to Arber and the Osler catalogue, Gerard used as the basis of his herbal a translation of Dodoens begun by Robert Priest, but without any acknowledgment, while according to William T.Stearn (DSB), "to what extent Gerard was indebted to Priest s work is quite uncertain the Herball as published was on the whole so massive a task that it seems charitable to credit [Gerard] with the whole. It remains a valuable source of information about the plants available in western European gardens at the end of the sixteenth century and about the Latin and vernacular names then applied to them." The 1597 edition was illustrated mainly with woodblocks obtained by the publisher Norton from Nikolaus Bassée of Frankfurt, who had used them in the German herbal of Tabernaemontanus (Theodorus of Bergzabern), 1588-91. Several other cuts were added by Gerard, notably one which is considered to be the earliest depiction of the potato, which Gerard believed was native to Virginia. In his revised edition, Johnson enlarged the text to include a total of 2850 plants, added a comprehensive historical introduction, "corrected many of Gerard s more gullible errors, and improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin s woodcuts." (Hunt). Gerard s herbal is listed in European Americana because it includes numerous descriptions and illustrations of American plants, including the previously mentioned potato. Alden II 633/39. Arber pp. 129-134. Cole 358. Henrey I 155. Hunt 223. Nissen, BBI, 698n. Pritzel 3282n. STC 11751. Wellcome 2753. cfBib. Osleriana 2722 & cfGarrison & Morton 1820 (1st Edn.).

Second edition, revised. Folio. (xxxviii), 30, 29-30, 29-1630, [1631-32], (46) pp, bound without the front and rear blanks. Eighteenth century blindstamped reversed calf, spine rebacked to style and the original gilt lettered red label preserved, late 19th century book label of S.L. Nussey of Potternewton Hall to the front pastedown and their inscription to the verso of the title page, mid-eighteenth century ownership inscription of a John Gill to the same page quoting the price he paid for the binding, the likely slightly later inscription of a George Gill dated 1774 to the rear pastedown, a handful of pages with brief early handwritten annotations. Fine engraved title page, head and tail pieces, and over 2,700 woodcuts of plants, a quarter of pp. 491-2 wanting and sometime replaced in facsmile. Title page laid down with slight marginal loss to the upper edge, foot and fore edge shaved close but the engraved area essentially complete, occasional browning, small ink blot to pp. 820-21, pp. 909-12 on a lighter paper stock, possibly supplied from another copy of the same edition, the illustration on p.912 with a hint of old colour, blotchiness to page 1103, decreasingly so on the adjacent leaves, slight marginal loss to pp. 1461-2 and 1473-76, the five leaves featuring the "Table of English Names" browner and more fragile than the other rear index leaves, final leaf with marginal repairs, a few scuffs and marks to the covers, a decent copy overall. A surgeon by trade, Gerard also had charge of several important gardens, including that of Lord Burghley and of the newly founded College of Physicians. His Herbal, which was first published in 1597, remains one of the most famous English Natural History books and became a standard work for botanists for centuries. Relying on several other contemporary sources it is not without errors, many of which were corrected by Thomas Johnson, a London apothecary, for the second edition of 1633, of which this is a revised issue. "Gerard contributed greatly towards the advancement of the knowledge of plants in England. [he] wrote about plants largely for their medicinal qualities, but also drew attention to their decorative value. He paid attention to plants as a source of food. Above all this herbalist knew how to write, and while much has been been written of his faults as a botanist, of the charm of the writings there can be little dispute" (Henrey). ESTC, S122175. Henrey, I, 156, pp.36-54.

Full Description: GERARD, John. The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie. London: [Edm. Bollifant for Bonham and] John Norton, 1597. First edition. Folio. (12 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 315 x 210 mm). [20], 1392, [34 index] pp. Engraved title-page by William Rogers with woodcut arms verso. Engraved portrait of Gerard by Rogers. With more than 2,000 woodcut illustrations of plants in the text, numerous woodcut historiated initials and head- and tailpieces. Bound without the final 19 leaves (5e2-5i4) which comprise all the English indexes. The Latin indexes are present. There are numerous mispaginations, but collation is correct and complete for the text. Full 19th century mottled calf, rebacked with original spine preserved. Spine with two original red morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Boards double ruled in blind. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. dentelles tooled in blind. Rubbing and flaking to spine and board edges. Title-page trimmed close at bottom margin, touching lower part of engraving. Some minor repairs to upper outer corner of title-page. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Front free endpaper with remnants of bookplate. Some minor, light old ink marginalia. Overall a very clean, good copy. "Gerard's famous Herball, important among other things for having the first illustration of the potato" (Hunt). Gerard was the keeper of gardens for William Cecil, first Baron Burghley, and curator of the physic garden of the College of Physicians, London. Most of the woodcuts had been previously published, many in the 1590 Frankfurt edition of Tabernaemontanus's Eicones plantarum, but about sixteen, including that of the potato, were cut for Gerard's text. "The first edition of Gerard's herbal [1597] held the field without a competitor for more than a generation. It was not until it began to noised abroad that a certain John Parkinson would soon produce a new herbal to take its place, that the successors of Gerard's original publisher were brought to the point of undertaking a second edition." (Arber, Herbals, p. 134). Henrey 154. Hunt 174. Nissen, BBI, 698. STC 11750. HBS 69100. $3,500.

, [40], 1630 pages of text with wood-cuts throughout, illustrated black and white title page, lacking the final page of the Table of Vertues, otherwise complete, catalogue of additions, indexes, contains inscriptions on pages 1443 and 1445 First Edition of Johnson's revision , edges, corners, and spine slightly worn, head and foot of spine joints split but held, worm damage to pages 1553-1606, minor losses to text and images, text and engravings quite legible, internally very clean, good condition , full brown calf with decorative stamped panelling front and rear, 6 raised bands, gilt title on red calf on spine folio, 35 x 24 cms Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Second Edition overall and first Johnson edition. Hardcover. From the Library of Oliver Sacks. "This is the first edition enlarged and edited by Thomas Johnson (1595-1644) who corrected many of Gerard's more gullible errors, and improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin's woodcuts" (Hunt). "So great had been the progress of botany in the thirty-six years since Gerard's original publication, that Johnson added over eight hundred new species to the list, and seven hundred figures, besides numerous corrections. The work, which contains about 2,850 descriptions, is commonly known by the name 'Gerarde emaculatus,' given to it by Ray. Johnson seems, however, to have completed it in a year" (DNB). ESTC S122165; Hunt 223; Nissen 698; Henrey 155. Includes the famous title page engraved by John Payne featuring Ceres, Pomona, Theophrastus and Dioscorides with John Gerard at bottom in facsimile. Bookplate of George Curtis Leman, He was a Solicitor, cur optus quod habes. One of the greatest herbals existing. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Heavy rubbed and front stain, bumping, repaired, toning throughout, replaced photographic facsimile of title page, repaired dedication pp, otherwise tight, bright, and unmarred. Folio. 188pp. illus (b/w). Engraved title (silver gelatin facsimile), [36], 30, 29-30, 29-1630, [48] pp. Illustrated with over 2500 woodcuts of plants. Half calf over swirl pattern boards. Collation notation on ffep by Eric Korn, complete with the exceptions [9 (blank) 9 (title) and lacking (E, H - I - L ggg .5I misbound (i.e. pp 1209/10 after 1211/12pp]. Bookplate pasted down. Second Edition overall and first Johnson edition.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An early edition of John Gerard's important herbal, a sixteenth century guide to the proper care and maintenance of plants, illustrated throughout. The important botanical work of John Gerard, which was first published in 1597. This is the second edition with Johnson's expansions, and the third overall edition.Illustrated profusely throughout.'The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes' was one of the most popular and essential works on gardening in the seventeenth century, a comprehensive resource on the growing and maintaining of plants, with details on their uses in medicine.Though incredibly popular, this was mostly a plagiarised English translation of Rembert Dodoen's 1554 herbal, 'Cruydboeck'. This expansion by Johnson addresses the controversy in the preface.This is the expanded edition by Thomas Johnson; in the thirty-six years since Gerard's first publication had seen such strides in the study of botany that Johnson added over eight hundred new species to this work.Volume II of two volumes, lacking Volume I, this volume containing Books II - III. Bound without the title page and first 794 pages of text, and leaves 7B3-7B6. Text begins on page 795, which is mis-numbered 797, as is usual with this 1636 edition. Publication information taken from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries, and the Wellcome Library.Register runs as: 3W6, 3X-6V6, 6X4, 6Y-7A6, 7B2. In a modern half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean, with the occasional spot. Leaves 7B1 and 7B2 are restored. Chip to the margin of leaf 5Y6, no loss of text. Bound without the title page and first 794 pages of text, and leaves 7B3-7B6. Very Good. book.

First Howe edition, first impression, number 72 of only 150 copies on handmade paper. This is the first modern edition of Gerard's celebrated Renaissance herbal, edited and abridged by Marcus Woodward. A finely printed and beautifully illustrated production, it was aimed to "preserve as much as possible of the spirit of the original" (Introduction). The greatest and most famous English herbal, Gerard's Herball or Generall Historie of Plants was first published in 1597, and subsequently enlarged by the London apothecary and botanist Thomas Johnson in 1633 and 1636. It detailed, with illustrations, several hundred English plants and many other foreign species. The publication "gripped the imagination of the English garden-loving world, and now, after the lapse of three hundred years, it still retains its hold on us. There are English-speaking people the world over who may know nothing of any other, but at least by name they know Gerard's Herball" (Rohde, p. 98). The present edition, "a miniature of the great Gerard", contains a selection of the "best and most characteristic passages" (Introduction), reprinted faithfully according to the original division into books and chapters, and accompanied by reproductions of the original illustrations. It also includes a short biography of Gerard, a summary of his sources, and a final appendix with notes identifying some of the plants described. Octavo. Original vellum over boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering to second compartment, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, several gatherings uncut. Housed in the original paper covered slipcase. Botanical illustrations throughout, facsimile reproduction of p. 1 of the 1636 edition. Modern bookplate of one Barrie Macey to front pastedown. Binding square and bright, couple of minor marks to vellum, contents clean. A near-fine copy. Retaining the slipcase, splits to edges, couple of tape repairs, but sound.

First Howe edition, first impression, number 129 of only 150 copies on handmade paper. This is the first modern edition of Gerard's celebrated Renaissance herbal, edited and abridged by Marcus Woodward. A finely printed and beautifully illustrated production, it was aimed to "preserve as much as possible of the spirit of the original" (Introduction). The greatest and most famous English herbal, Gerard's Herball or Generall Historie of Plants was first published in 1597, and subsequently enlarged by the London apothecary and botanist Thomas Johnson in 1633 and 1636. It detailed, with illustrations, several hundred English plants and many other foreign species. The publication "gripped the imagination of the English garden-loving world, and now, after the lapse of three hundred years, it still retains its hold on us. There are English-speaking people the world over who may know nothing of any other, but at least by name they know Gerard's Herball" (Rohde, p. 98). The present edition, "a miniature of the great Gerard", contains a selection of the "best and most characteristic passages" (Introduction), reprinted faithfully according to the original division into books and chapters, and accompanied by reproductions of the original illustrations. It also includes a short biography of Gerard, a summary of his sources, and a final appendix with notes identifying some of the plants described. Octavo. Original vellum over boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering to second compartment, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, several gatherings uncut, brown silk bookmarker. Botanical illustrations throughout, facsimile reproduction of p. 1 of the 1636 edition. Covers slightly bowed, mild toning to vellum, board edges a little soiled, occasional faint marks to contents, otherwise crisp and clean throughout. A very good copy.

Pp. xx+304(last printer's mark), title page illustration, the half-title within decorative border, numerous text illustrations and decorations, notes, alphabetical table of plants; post 4to; full vellum, slightly cloudy, the spine lettered in gilt with five raised bands, boards slightly sprung; t.e.g., others uncut; ribbon marker; commercial bookplate on upper pastedown; Gerald Howe, London, 1927. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies on handmade paper. *The text is based on the 1636 edition of Gerard's famous herbal, with an Introduction and notes by Marcus Woodward.

Limited edition, no. 132 of 150 copies on handmade paper, 4to, (iv), xx, 303, (3) pp. Black and white illustrations in the text, bookplate. Original gilt titled pigskin, t.e.g., a few minor marks, slight loss of gilt to the spine.

portrait on title and 114 woodcuts in the text, occasional very faint spots pp. xix, 303, 4to, original green buckram, vignette to upper board stamped in gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt and faded with nick at head, corners a little bumped, t.e.g., others gently toned with some very faint spotting to endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription of Barbara Bagenal (recording this as a Christmas gift from Carrington, see below), hand-coloured botanical illustration from another work laid in, good. The copy of Bloomsbury Group artist Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles), recording it as a gift from Carrington - her friend from the Slade. Bagenal's husband, Nicholas Beauchamp Bagenal, was a horticulturalist (referred to as 'the fruit grower' by Virginia Woolf in her correspondence).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Facsimile reprint, two volume hardcover set in red cloth, both books have bumps to their spine ends and corners, a few light spots and smudges to the cloth and the edges of their text block, a hint of foxing starting to their edges, and faint sunning to their spine. Additionally, Vol. I is lightly cracked at its interior rear hinge, has some creasing to the spine panel at the spine ends, and brief seller's marks to the front end pages. Overall, this is a solid, Near Very Good two volume set, with additional images are available by request.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New.

Condition: Fine. NY 1974. Walter Johnson 1974 reprint of original London 1597 edition. Hardcover. English Experience No. 660b. Lg.4to., pp. 723-1392, illustrated with line drawings, red cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Volume II only. Very scarce with dust jacket.

paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. book.

Condition: New. pp. 1496.

Condition: New. pp. 1496.

Condition: New. pp. 1496.

Condition: New. pp. 1496.

Single Sheet. Condition: Very Good Plus. Woodcuts 'Daffodils or Narcisses' and Tulips (illustrator). First ENGLISH Edition. LONDON : 1633. **SINGLE LEAF** . With 2 woodcuts of 'Daffodils or Narcisses' on one side & 2 of 'Tulips' on the other side plus text description. Ideal for framing. Shipped flat; packed well. Size approx; 12 x 10 inches. VERY GOOD INDEED. Fresh and clean to print area. Good wide margins with slight browning to page edges. Referenced by: STC (2nd ed.) 11751. JOHN GERARD (also John Gerarde, c. 1545-1612) was an English botanist with a large herbal garden in London. He was the author of a 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597. It became the most prevalent botany book in English in the 17th century. Except for additions of some plants from his own garden and from North America, Gerard's Herbal is largely an unacknowledged English translation of Rembert Dodoens's herbal, published in 1554, itself highly popular in Dutch, Latin, French and other English translations. Gerard's Herball contains profuse, high-quality drawings of plants, with the printer's woodcuts largely derived from Continental European sources. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. **SINGLE LEAF** from the book; 'The Herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirvrgerie ; very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson citizen and apothecarye of London. [ History of Plants ]. LONDON : 1633'. Size: Folio - 12 x 10 Inches Tall.