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GERARD (JOHN)
The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes... Very Much Amended by Thomas Johnson, Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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GERARD (JOHN)

The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes... Very Much Amended by Thomas Johnson, second edition, pictorial engraved title incorporating a portrait of the author, upwards of 2800 woodcut illustrations, without initial and final blanks, one leaf of index (7A1) re-inserted, 2 small ink spots on pp.1591/2, a few pagination numerals neatly corrected in an early hand, early calf, rebacked retaining old gilt morocco lettering label [ESTC S122175; Henrey 156; Hunt I, 230; Nissen BBI 698], folio (338 x 225mm.), Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636

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A very crisp and unusually clean copy.

Provenance: John Lydall, Uxmore, Oxfordshire, 1770, neat inscription on blank verso of title-page.

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