Accession number
PML 151484
Creator
Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
Published
London : Printed by Adam Islip[,] Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, anno 1633.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1995.
Notes
Engraved title-page.
Woodcuts (about 2700) from Plantin in Antwerp.
Illustrated t.p., engraved.
Four pages between 30 and 31 incorrectly numbered 29-30, 29-30.
Includes indexes.
Signatures: [par.]⁸ 2[par.]-3[par.]⁶ A-B⁸ C-6V⁶ 6X⁴ 6Y-7B⁶.
"A catalogue of the Brittish [i.e. Welsh] names of plants, sent me by Master Robert Dauyes of Guissaney in Flint-shire": p. [31]-[32] at end.
The last printed page (7B5 verso) contains "Errata" (with corresponding catchword on preceding page); in a later issue the errata is replaced by "An aduertisement to the readers" (without a catchword).
Woodcuts (about 2700) from Plantin in Antwerp.
Illustrated t.p., engraved.
Four pages between 30 and 31 incorrectly numbered 29-30, 29-30.
Includes indexes.
Signatures: [par.]⁸ 2[par.]-3[par.]⁶ A-B⁸ C-6V⁶ 6X⁴ 6Y-7B⁶.
"A catalogue of the Brittish [i.e. Welsh] names of plants, sent me by Master Robert Dauyes of Guissaney in Flint-shire": p. [31]-[32] at end.
The last printed page (7B5 verso) contains "Errata" (with corresponding catchword on preceding page); in a later issue the errata is replaced by "An aduertisement to the readers" (without a catchword).
Description
[40], 1630 [i.e. 1634], [50] p. : ill. ; 36 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Full brown calf.
Classification
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