Gerarde John (12 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine, scarce engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual. Portrait of John Gerarde, noted surgeon and chief gardener to Lord Burleigh; he published an account of his own garden at Holborn in additin to his 'Herbal'. Impressed library stamp to top corner of print, hidden by the mount - print was part of a collection legally disposed of by the library in question.

Limited edition of 150, this No. 146. Bound in the publisher's vellum, gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt. There is are mark to the upper corner of the front board, and the off light stain or instance of discolouration otherwise; there is very light bumping to the corners. The fore edge is uncut. The binding remains firm, with the leaves bright and unspotted. A beautifully produced limited edition facsimile of John Gerard's important 16th century herbal work.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Original Enlarged Second Gerarde Edition. 36; 1631pp. The complete 3 section books on the Histoirie of Plants. with woodcuts throughout. Sold as complete. FULLY REFURBLISHED IN 1986 with a full typed report of the restoration loosely enclosed. A new ful calf binding in the original style was made with the whole book disbound and new glue and stitiching throughout by Peter Newbolt Ltd, bookbinders. A LOVELEY RESTORED COPY. A full report available. 32.5cms [John Gerade 1545-1612]. First issued in 1597 this is a new enlarged edition [the third edition].

Finely printed and bound edition of Marcus Woodward's version of John Gerard's famous herbal first published in 1597. This first edition of Woodward's has become the standard, modern example of the text which is simplified from the 1636 revision by Thomas Johnson. It retains much of the original spelling while being quite approachable and readable. Numerous later editions of the Woodward version have appeared since. . 4to, 303, [1]pp. Title illustration and vignette drawings in the text. Printed on handmade paper and bound in publisher's full vellum stamped in gilt on the spine. Some smudging and scuffing to boards, clean internally and very good First edition thus, number 58 of 150 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Folio, old 1/2 roan, elaborately gilt spine. First edition of Johnson's Gerarde, who edited and greatly enlarged the original edition of 1597. 2765 text woodcuts. A beautiful, scarce copy.

pp.[xxxviii], 1632 with engraved title, over 2,500 wood-block engravings plus Indexes and Table of Virtues. Collated and complete. Folio. Hardback. Seven wood-block engravings hand coloured (not dated but in keeping with the practice of the period). Last leaf professionally remargined with loss to a couple of letters only. Other than marking to some margins, as is common with herbals, and some occ. minor spotting the contents are very clean and nr. fine. More recently handsomely rebound in full calf with raised bands and blind ruling decoration, a trifle marked o/w. fine. A very pleasing copy of Thomas Johnson's expanded version of John Gerarde's Herball (first published 1597). It is 'noteworthy for its many corrections, improvements, additions' (Henrey). Johnson indicated where he had made amendments with obelisk and double obelisk symbols.

, [12], 1392 pages, [68], includes black and white engravings in the text, arranged in 3 books First Edition , some light scratching to cover, re-backed with original spine, front hinge repairs, lacks title page and 2 leaves from the prelims, p61/62, p507/508, and p559/560, the first leaf of text and index pages are reinforced with Japanese tissue, p557/558 is torn, some pages are misnumbered and corrected in ink, occasional mark to pages, good condition , full panelled calf with five raised bands and gilt title and decoration on spine large octavo 23x33cm Hardback ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Folio, Engraved title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces and almost 2800 woodcuts in the text. The Scarce Second Edition, which is the first edited, greatly enlarged and corrected by Thomas Johnson. Handsomely bound in half brown calf, raised bands, over marbled boards. Excellent Copy.

SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND AMENDED BY THOMAS JOHNSON. FOLIO, RECENTLY RESTORED AND REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER, WITH RAISED BANDS, RED AND GILT LABEL, NEW ENDPAPERS AND PRELIMS. MANY WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT. DURING THE RESTORATION SOME OF THE PAGES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH PHOTOCOPIES. THESE INCLUDE: THE TITLE PAGE AND THE ONE FOLLOWING, 5 PAGES IN THE TEXT, 1 IN THE INDEX, 6 IN THE TABLES OF VIRTUE, AND THE ERRATA PAGE. THE BOOK APPEARS COMPLETE AND INCLUDES: TITLE PAGES, DEDICATIONS, PREFACE FROM THE FIRST EDITION, GREETINGS TO THE READER, CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS, THE HISTORY (1630 PAGES), INDEX, TABLE OF ENGLISH NAMES, SUPPLEMENT, BRITISH NAMES, TABLE OF VIRTUES ,ERRATA. SOME PAGES EDGES PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED, SOME EVIDENCE OF DAMP STAINING, BUT A VERY GOOD HANDSOME COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK. THE BOOK WEIGHS 5.4 Kg.

Hardcover. Third Edition. First published in 1597, this is the second edition edited by Thomas Johnson (a reprint of the 1633 edition) who corrected many of Gerard's errors and who improved the accuracy of the illustrations by using Plantin's woodcuts. Thick Folio (9" x 13") bound in full early calf sympathetically rebacked with a new red morocco spine label; (36), 30, (29)-30, (29)-1630, (48) pages with a list of errata on the verso of the last leaf. Illustrated with an engraved title page with a border of vignettes, decorative and historiated headpieces and initials, and 2,766 botanical woodcuts in the text describing over 2800 plants. Hunt 223; Nissen 698; STC 11751. Original front blank endpaper replaced. Tasteful bookplate of Roger Gates on the front pastedown. Minor loss to the lower blank outside corner of the first dozen or so pages, not close to the text; title page with small repairs. Some old dampstaining, mostly marginal and mostly rather faint. Nice, clean copy of this important book.

Second edition, revised. Folio. (xxxviii), 30, 29-30, 29-1630, [1631-32], (46) pp, bound without the front and rear blanks. Eighteenth century blindstamped reversed calf, spine rebacked to style and the original gilt lettered red label preserved, late 19th century book label of S.L. Nussey of Potternewton Hall to the front pastedown and their inscription to the verso of the title page, mid-eighteenth century ownership inscription of a John Gill to the same page quoting the price he paid for the binding, the likely slightly later inscription of a George Gill dated 1774 to the rear pastedown, a handful of pages with brief early handwritten annotations. Fine engraved title page, head and tail pieces, and over 2,700 woodcuts of plants, a quarter of pp. 491-2 wanting and sometime replaced in facsmile. Title page laid down with slight marginal loss to the upper edge, foot and fore edge shaved close but the engraved area essentially complete, occasional browning, small ink blot to pp. 820-21, pp. 909-12 on a lighter paper stock, possibly supplied from another copy of the same edition, the illustration on p.912 with a hint of old colour, blotchiness to page 1103, decreasingly so on the adjacent leaves, slight marginal loss to pp. 1461-2 and 1473-76, the five leaves featuring the "Table of English Names" browner and more fragile than the other rear index leaves, final leaf with marginal repairs, a few scuffs and marks to the covers, a decent copy overall. A surgeon by trade, Gerard also had charge of several important gardens, including that of Lord Burghley and of the newly founded College of Physicians. His Herbal, which was first published in 1597, remains one of the most famous English Natural History books and became a standard work for botanists for centuries. Relying on several other contemporary sources it is not without errors, many of which were corrected by Thomas Johnson, a London apothecary, for the second edition of 1633, of which this is a revised issue. "Gerard contributed greatly towards the advancement of the knowledge of plants in England. [he] wrote about plants largely for their medicinal qualities, but also drew attention to their decorative value. He paid attention to plants as a source of food. Above all this herbalist knew how to write, and while much has been been written of his faults as a botanist, of the charm of the writings there can be little dispute" (Henrey). ESTC, S122175. Henrey, I, 156, pp.36-54.

Third edition. Folio. 340x225mm. pp. [40], 30, 29-30, 29-402, 373-1630, [48]. [72]. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts. Engraved title page by John Payne. Bound by C. Kalthoeber (label on verso of front free endpaper) in "russia extra" with a border of continuous "drawer-handle" design in blind. Inside this is a gilt double fillet enclosing a further, smaller "drawer-handle" design. At the corners of the outer border are the Beckford and Hamilton crests, this book having been in the collection of William Beckford who used two crests, a heron's head with a fish in its beak (the Beckford crest) and an oak tree with a saw which was the Hamilton crest, his younger daughter having married the Duke of Hamilton. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Spine decorated in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt to the second compartment. Turn-ins decorated with a Greek key pattern in gilt. All edges gilt. Front pastedown has armorial bookplate of Archibald Philip Earl of Rosebery. On the verso of the front free endpaper is a manuscript note in Rosebery's hand which reads "R. Beckford Sale. Lot 115" and the Sotheby's catalogue entry from the Beckford sale is pasted onto the front pastedown. This copy was sold in the "Second Portion" of the Beckford Library on 11th December 1882. Joints and corners strengthened and repaired. Slight bumping and rubbing to corners and some marks to lower cover but otherwise a very good copy. Internally near fine save for an old stain on G2. John Gerard first published his Herball in 1597 and although it was a success, it was regarded as not entirely accurate. After Gerard's death in 1612, Thomas Johnson set about revising the work. 1633 saw the first appearance of his "enlarged and amended" edition which included Plantin's much improved woodcuts. This is a particularly nice copy, bound by one of the great German emigre binders and with a superb provenance. ESTC. S122175.