The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered

by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London by John Gerard

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First edition

Second edition overall and first Johnson edition. Engraved title, woodcut illustrations. 38 , 1630, 50 pp. Lacks preliminary and terminal blanks, as usual. 1 vols. Folio. Full panelled calf, expertly rebacked. ESTC S122165; Hunt 223; Nissen 698; Henrey 155. Item #323387 This is the first edition enlarged and edited by Thomas Johnson 1595-1644 who corrected many of Gerard's more gullible errors, and

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