1633 2nd Edtn THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES By John Gerard Illus. John Gerard / William Rogers Good Science
1633 2nd Edition ,
THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES
By John Gerard
John Gerard (also John Gerarde, 1545–1612) was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London. His 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century.
Illustrated By: John Gerard / William Rogers
William Rogers (born c. 1545, active c. 1589–1604) was an English engraver. A Citizen of the City of London – one of his surviving engravings is signed Anglus et Civis Lond(oniensis). – he is the first English craftsman known to have practised engraving and the greatest portrait engraver of the Tudor period.
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Adam Islip, Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,, London
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 1718
ISBN:
John Gerard's 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century. Except for some added plants from his own garden and from North America, Gerard's Herbal is largely a plagiarised English translation of Rembert Dodoens's 1554 herbal, itself highly popular in Dutch, Latin, French and other English translations. Gerard's Herball drawings of plants and the printer's woodcuts are mainly derived from Continental European sources, but there is an original title page with a copperplate engraving by William Rogers. Two decades after Gerard's death, the book was corrected and expanded to about 1,700 pages - the Second [and preferred] 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"
SKU: BTETM0002473
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 25, L: 45, W: 40 (Units: cm), W: 5Kg
1633 2nd Edition ,
THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES
By John Gerard
John Gerard (also John Gerarde, 1545–1612) was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London. His 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century.
Illustrated By: John Gerard / William Rogers
William Rogers (born c. 1545, active c. 1589–1604) was an English engraver. A Citizen of the City of London – one of his surviving engravings is signed Anglus et Civis Lond(oniensis). – he is the first English craftsman known to have practised engraving and the greatest portrait engraver of the Tudor period.
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Adam Islip, Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,, London
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 1718
ISBN:
John Gerard's 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century. Except for some added plants from his own garden and from North America, Gerard's Herbal is largely a plagiarised English translation of Rembert Dodoens's 1554 herbal, itself highly popular in Dutch, Latin, French and other English translations. Gerard's Herball drawings of plants and the printer's woodcuts are mainly derived from Continental European sources, but there is an original title page with a copperplate engraving by William Rogers. Two decades after Gerard's death, the book was corrected and expanded to about 1,700 pages - the Second [and preferred] 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"
SKU: BTETM0002473
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 25, L: 45, W: 40 (Units: cm), W: 5Kg
1633 2nd Edition ,
THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES
By John Gerard
John Gerard (also John Gerarde, 1545–1612) was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London. His 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century.
Illustrated By: John Gerard / William Rogers
William Rogers (born c. 1545, active c. 1589–1604) was an English engraver. A Citizen of the City of London – one of his surviving engravings is signed Anglus et Civis Lond(oniensis). – he is the first English craftsman known to have practised engraving and the greatest portrait engraver of the Tudor period.
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Adam Islip, Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,, London
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 1718
ISBN:
John Gerard's 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century. Except for some added plants from his own garden and from North America, Gerard's Herbal is largely a plagiarised English translation of Rembert Dodoens's 1554 herbal, itself highly popular in Dutch, Latin, French and other English translations. Gerard's Herball drawings of plants and the printer's woodcuts are mainly derived from Continental European sources, but there is an original title page with a copperplate engraving by William Rogers. Two decades after Gerard's death, the book was corrected and expanded to about 1,700 pages - the Second [and preferred] 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"
SKU: BTETM0002473
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 25, L: 45, W: 40 (Units: cm), W: 5Kg
Good - Lacking initial and final blanks, the engraved title includes a portrait of the author holding a spray of potato foliage with flower and berry in his hand - displaying Gerard's considerable knowledge of this plant in English circles. Numerous woodcut illustrations, old ink inscriptions of John Symond to title and dedication, first few leaves loose and slightly frayed at edges, engraved title also browned and slightly stained, occasional light damp-staining, final leaves (Table 6Z onwards) frayed/defective at corners with slight loss, old ink inscription of Andrew Moss 1828 to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, worn, covers detached, [Henrey 155; Hunt 223; Nissen BBI 698; STC 11751], folio, by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633 Please see photos as part of condition report