The herball or generall historie of plantes. . Gathered
John Gerard (1545 - 1612)
Category
Books
Date
1633
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3008378
Summary
Bibliographic description
[38],30,29-30,29-1630,[50]p.,plate . ill.. (woodcut) . fol... Imperfect: wanting blank leaves. With clipping from sale catalogue pasted onto endpaper (priced at £6. 15s.) Provenance: cropped manuscript note on dedication page "This booke was bought by Mr. Rob: [???] for Edw. Poston of Petworth ...". Binding: Cambridge-style binding, sewn onto five raised bands; marbled endpapers; red spine labels, gold-lettered.
Makers and roles
John Gerard (1545 - 1612) Thomas Johnson (1600-1644)