Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie

Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, edited by Thomas Johnson, third edition, engraved architectural title by Jo. Payne, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, lacking initial and final blanks, engraved title trimmed at foot, 2M1 with repaired tear to foot running into text, very occasional light foxing or browning, several contents ff. at end with fraying or loss to fore-margin, affecting text of 7A1 & 2, ink note in an 19th century hand bound at front, ink ownership inscriptions to preliminaries, contemporary calf, covers with central gilt lozenge with floral and foliate tooling, neatly rebacked, retaining much of original backstrip, light wear to extremities, rubbed, [Henrey 156; Hunt 230; Nissen BBI 698; STC 11752], folio, by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636.

⁂ A very good copy of the second Johnson edition, corrected and greatly expanded from the first.

Provenance: Dorothy Brokesby; H. E. Hall, 1776 (ink inscriptions)