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The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes / gathered by John Gerarde ....

Accession number
PML 53082
Creator
Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
Published
Imprinted at London : by [Edmund Bollifant for Bonham Norton and] Iohn Norton, 1597.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1962.
Notes
Colophon reads: Imprinted at London by Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton. M.D.XCVII.
Includes indexes.
Title, within elaborate engraved border, coat of arms of Lord Burghley on verso. Full page portrait of author facing p. 1, dated 1598.
The title page is engraved and signed: Will[ia]ms Rogers inuen. et sculp.
Includes index, 71 unnumbered pages at end.
Text largely based on: Dodoens, Cruydeboeck.
Woodcuts reused from Bergzabern's Eicones plantarum of 1590.
Description
[20], 1392, [72] pages : illustrations (woodcuts), portraits (metalcuts) ; 33 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Sir Francis Skipwith, baronet, Newbold-Revel, Warwickshire, booklabel; Mrs. J.P. Morgan's collection.
Binding
Old calf.
Classification
Department