Gerard (John)

The Herball of Generall Historie of Plantes,

first edition, engraved portrait, lacking engraved title-page,A1, 5E2-5E4 & 5F1-5F4, 5h2 & 3 lacking, D1, Dd8, Ee1, Qq2, supplied from another copy, Ff6, Nn2, original Qq2 torn, 3a5 & 6 ink stain to inner margin, ‘A Supplement or Appendix…Table of English Names 2pp loose, lacking colophon, woodcut illustrations and initials, slight damp staining at a few margins, a few tears, contemporary calf, spine worn with some loss, worn, rubbed and scuffed, otherwise solid, [Henrey 154; Hunt 174; Nissen 698; STC 11750], folio, [Imprinted at London by John Norton, 1597]

*** The first edition includes the first recorded illustration of a potato, p.781.