Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The herball, or generall historie of plantes
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Imprinted ... by John Norton
Place
Date
1597
Physical Description
[xvii], 1392, [71] pages : woodcut illustrations ; 34 cm
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-2002-14, vol. 8, 1966-1971 [Museum] Scrapbooks
MS-790 Newspaper references in the Auckland Public Library
Edition/State/Version
[1st ed.]
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Inscription on rear flyleaf: "Elizabeth Glascock, her book March 5th 1677."
Inscriptions at end of "The Epistle Dedicatorie" : "Ann Aakyns her book, given her by her [?] of care Mother my Lady Glascock, May 5th 1682" ; "John Southwood, Dec. 7th 1818" ; "Philip Howard Rousham, Oct 1890."
Public Access Text
[Keywords: herbal, botanical; Rare books--16th century]
ESTC no. S122353. Full leather binding with raised bands and gold tooling; fully illustrated title page, the Royal Coat of Arms and Heraldic book plate with 3 clam shells & unicorn head ; engraved by William Rogers.
Associated Notes
Collection Type
Reserve Collection - Outsize
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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