The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes

Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Davies, Robert, 1684-1728, Johnson, Thomas, -1644, Islip, Adam, -1639, Priest, Robert, ca. 1550-ca. 1590, Payne, John, -1647?, Norton, Joyce, Whitaker, Richard, -1648, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585. Stirpium historiae pemptades sex. English · 1633 · London : Printed by Adam Islip Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers · 56 pictures

John Gerard's The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, printed in London in 1633 by Adam Islip and partners and edited by Thomas Johnson, is an English herbal written for gardeners, physicians and apothecaries. Its pictures are woodcut plants shown whole, with roots, stems, leaves and flowers, set against plain page text; a designer could take from them a clear, scientific botanical vocabulary of foliage and root forms.

Herbs · Plants · Gardens · Herbals · Botany · Botany, Medical · Botanical illustration

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