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About this Item

Title

  • The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes

Other Title

  • Herball
  • Generall historie of plantes

Names

  • Gerard, John, 1545-1612
  • Norton, John, -1612, printer
  • Norton, Bonham, 1565-1635, bookseller
  • Bollifant, Edmund, -1602, printer
  • Rogers, William, approximately 1545-, engraver
  • Pratt, W. (William Pitt), binder
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner

Created / Published

  • Imprinted at London : By Iohn Norton, 1597.

Headings

  • -  Botany--Pre-Linnean works
  • -  Herbs--Early works to 1800
  • -  Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800
  • -  Herbals--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Engraved t.p., signed Willms Rogers inuen. et sculp.
  • -  Colophon: "Imprinted at London by Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, M.D.XCVII."
  • -  Signatures: A⁴ B⁶ ²A-²B⁸ C-3V⁸ 3X¹⁰ 4A-4T⁸ 4V⁶ 5A-5I⁴.
  • -  Coat of arms of Lord Burghley on t.p. verso; full page portrait of author facing p. 1, dated 1598.
  • -  Includes indexes.
  • -  LC copy misbound: p. 621-622 (erroneously signed 2Q2) bound in place of 611-612; 611-612 bound between 620 and 623. Bound by W. Pratt. Dealer's description, laid in.
  • -  STC (2nd ed.) 11750
  • -  English short title catalogue, S122353
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1263
  • -  Special Files Project; vb32 12-17-2007
  • -  LAC iak 2018-08-20
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-08-25
  • -  Exhibited: "Seeds of Change: Five Hundred Years Since Columbus," organized by the National Museum of Natural History, 1992.

Medium

  • [20], 1392, [72] p. : ill. (woodcuts), port. (engraving), coat-of-arms (woodcut) ; 33 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QK41 .G3 1597
  • QK41 .G3 1597 Copy 2 Rosenwald Coll. inscriptions: on title page, "W.G.E."; t..p. verso: "W. Gee," "E Gee"; on p. 1, partially trimmed, "Doctor Clerks Legacie to Mr. John Cogan of Canterbury."
  • QK41 .G3 1597 Copy 3. Transfer, U.S. Patent Office Scientific Library.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 22004723

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gerard, John, John Norton, Bonham Norton, Edmund Bollifant, William Rogers, W Pratt, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Former Owner United States Patent Office. Scientific Library. The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes. Imprinted at London: By Iohn Norton, 1597. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/22004723/.

APA citation style:

Gerard, J., Norton, J., Norton, B., Bollifant, E., Rogers, W., Pratt, W. [...] United States Patent Office. Scientific Library, F. O. (1597) The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes. Imprinted at London: By Iohn Norton. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/22004723/.

MLA citation style:

Gerard, John, et al. The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes. Imprinted at London: By Iohn Norton, 1597. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/22004723/>.