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The herball : or, Generall historie of plantes / gathered by John Gerarde ... ; very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson.
- Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
- Date
- 1636
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Publication/Creation
London : Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636.
Physical description
40 unnumbered pages, 30, 29-30, 29-1630 pages, 50 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; cm.
Notes
Numbers 29-30 triplicated in paging.
Largely based on: Rembert Dodoens' Cruydenboeck.
The title page is engraved and signed: Io: Payne sculps:.
In this edition D1r last line begins "of"; 7B5v has editorâs "Aduertisement to the readers".
Running title reads: Of the historie of plants.
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Includes indexes.
Signatures: [par.]8 2[par.]-3[par.]6 A-B8 C-6V6 6X4 6Y-7B6.
Bibliographic information
Bibliography included in "To the reader" (prelim. p. [18-30])
References note
S.T.C. 11752.
Type/Technique
Languages
- English