BINDING:
Rebound. Brown leather over pasteboards. Headband and tailband present. Hollow backed. Sewn onto bands or cords that have been sawn in. On spine: five false raised bands. Some gold tooling around bands. In compartment two there is a dark leather label with the title TURNER'S HERBAL stamped on in gold. There are a number of wove paper leaves that have been inserted into this copy to mark where there are missing sections. These leaves are blank.
CONDITION:
Binding: Leather is cracking in a few places but is generally intact.
Pages: Original paper is foolscap (starts on page 15). There are 34 blank, wove pages (+1 inserted but unbound foolscap piece, marked as p. 3), preceding the original foolscap pages. These were presumably bound with the book so that facsimiles of the original pages could be added if required.
Large sections of the front and back of this book are missing. There is significant damage to the remaining front leaves that someone has repaired with masking tape. Extensive use of Japanese tissue paper to fix holes in the leaves; pieces of wove paper used to fix torn edges.
The text block has been trimmed poorly, especially in the fourth section -- page numbers and running headers have been lost and the last printed leaf is loose.The sections in the middle of the book however are not badly damaged.
Lacks general title-page, six unnumbered preliminary pages of volume 1, pages 1-3 and 6-14 of volume 1; and leaves 19-45 of volume 4.
DEDICATIONS:
To Queen Elizabeth I (*2v)
To the right worshipfull Fellowship and Companye of Surgiones of the citye of London (2*2v)
The Preface of the Author unto his well loved neighbous of bath Bristom, Wellis, Winsam and Charde (2*2v)
FORMAT:
2°: *4 A-B6 C8 D-T6, 2A-2Z6, 2A-2E6 2F4, 2*4 3A-3G6, 2G2, 3*43B-3D6, a-g6 h4 [$4 signed (+C5; -T4, -2Q3, -2*1, -2*2, -2*4, -2G2, -3*1, -3*4, -a1; misprinting N2 as 'N3', R2 as 'RD2', 2O2 as '22R2 as '2Q2', 2R3 as '2Q3', 3A4 as '3A3')] Missing due to mutilations: *4 A1, A3-4, B1,2F4, 3G6,3D6, c6, d-g6, h4. Leaves (accounting for missing): 366, pp. 3-4, pp. 15-43, pp. 37-223 224, [pp. 4], ff. 1-11 12 13-93 94 95-107 108 109-113 114 115-116 117 118 119-132, ff.131-148, ff.151-171, [ff. 4], pp.1-14 15 16-81 82, [pp. 12], pp. 1-17, [pp. 2], pp. 2-16, 29 (misprinting pp. 41 as '37', pp. 42 as '38, pp. 43 as '39', pp. 139 as '136', ff. 54 as '4', ff. 121 as '133', ff. 128 as '127', ff. 142 as '140', ff. 146 as '144', ff. pp. 45 as '46', pp. 11 as '8'). Boards Measure: 27.3 x 18 cm. Leaves measure: 26.5 x 17.5 cm.
MARGINALIA:
Printed Marginalia: Little to none.
Handwritten Notes: There are many instances of written notes in this copy, most of which appear to be addition sums. There is some evidence to suggest that this book was heavily written in, but that these inscriptions were trimmed off when it was rebound. However, the written notes in this copy seem to either be corrections, statements of ownership, or mathematical sums that have nothing to do with the text itself. Notable inscriptions can be found on: pp. 150, T5r+v, ff. 67, ff. 116v, 2G2v.
OTHER:
Large sections from the front and back of the book are missing. A series of photocopies made from film negatives account for the missing front matter.
BOUND WITH:
This edition has been bound with another book printed by Birckman in 1561: A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye or homely physick nooke for all the grefes and diseases of the bodye. Originially written by Jereome of Brunswick, this copy is a translation into English by Ihon Hollybrush.
TABLES/INDEXES:
A Table of the names of herbes [parts 1 and 2] (*4v)
Nomina Auctorum Per Quos In Herbario Meo Profeci. (*4r)
The Table [end of part one] (T5v)
The Table of the names of herbes [part 3] (2*4r)
Errata (2G1v)
The names of the learned men which write that the bathes have the virtues and properties which hereafter in this book I give unto them (3*3r)
The names of the bathes and places where they be, whereof is mentioned in this book (3*3r)
The names of the sicknesses which may be healed by the bathes (3*3r)
TYPE:
Blackletter Gothic with some Roman.
WATERMARK:
There appears to be three different watermarks in this copy. The first is an oblong shape with a cross over it. There is something written in the oblong but I cannot make it out. This watermark appears in the first and second parts of the book. The second watermark, which occurs in the third part, is either foolscap or a fleur-de-lis with a tail. The last watermark which occurs only in the fourth part, is some sort of monogram but I cannot identify the letters.
IMPRINT:
In Venetia : Per Giouanni Padoano, Nell'anno del Signore, 1551.
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BINDING:
This copy has been rebound and the text block trimmed. Quarter-bound leather over marbled paper covered pasteboards. Sewn onto 5 cords. Compartment 2 on spine has been overlaid with a red leather label with a short title and the date 1688 stamped in gold. Some additional gilding on spine. No headband or tailband. Flatbacked.
CONDITION:
Binding -- poor. The leather and the marbled papers are badly cracked and scuffed. The spine is cracking. The back board has detached from the spine.
Pages -- fair. Most of the pages are clean and easy to read. Some light staining. There has been some restoration work done on the front matter including pasting the title page onto a new leaf (title page is also missing its bottom right corner). Three leaves are missing from the text block: 4Y3, 6Z1, ZA1. Leaf 7A6 is badly damaged.
Generally fair condition. Due to its large size, this book should be handled with extra care.
DEDICATIONS:
About the Editors (¶1v)
To Sir William Cecil (¶2r)
Praise for John Gerard (¶3v)
To the Reader from St. Bredwell Physition (¶5r)
To the Reader from George Baker (¶6r)
To the Reader from John Gerard (¶¶1r)
To the Reader from Thomas Johnson (¶¶2r)
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Engraved title page, decorated initials (woodcut), printer's devices (woodcut), numerous woodcuts depicting plants.
MARGINALIA:
Printed Marginalia: Light reference notes mostly in the front matter. Paragraphs in the chapters of the main text have been denoted alphabetically.
Handwritten Notes: An inscription that reads: "For The Raspis - See Page 1273" is written in graphite on the back of the title page. Page 1273 does contain an entry for the raspis bush.The name F. D. Hoeniger is written in graphite on the inner pastedown (top left) and the recto of the first flyleaf (top right). The inscription “gerard 1633 corrected by Thomas Johnson." has been written on the inner pastedown in graphite and looks to be in the same hand as the person who wrote the name F. D. Hoeniger (presumably himself). There are three instance of pressed plants in the book (there may be more as the condition of the binding is so poor that the book can not be opened all the way and some small plants may be deep in the gutter). They are located on pg. 1073 (fronds), 1343 (three leaves) and 1577 (white blossom). There is a slip of paper containing a written note regarding some changes made in the book which has been placed between the cover and the flyleaf.
PROVENANCE:
Donated by F. D. Hoeniger. CRRS call number “Qk 41 G3 1633 Large CRRS Rare Oversized' written on the recto of the title page. There are five slips of paper inserted between the cover and the flyleaf. Three of these pieces are excerpts from booksellers catalogues. Only one has a title: "Thomas Thorp, 27 Albemarle Street, W.1". The book that has been noted on this sheet is the third edition. The smaller two pieces have descriptions for the second edition. The piece that bears the handwritten inscription: "Bow Windows Book Shop Cat. 49 Dec. 71." has a description of a copy that matches the bindings of the CRRS copy. Price listed on that piece is 285 pounds.
RELATED:
Second edition. First printed in 1597.
STC 11751
TITLE PAGE:
[Within an engraved title page in the three sections: first section contains a landscape with plants, two banners, two obelisks, two women with the names Ceres and Pomona, and a sun with the Hebrew for Yahweh written on it; second section contains two male figures with the names Heophrastus and Dioscorides, two columns and an oval frame; final section has a portrait of John Gerard (?) in an archway flanked by two potted plants; signed Io Payne Sculps;31 x 19.5 cm; platemark has been trimmed off.] [Within a banner] Ecce dedi vobis omnes herbas ſementantes ſemen, que ſunt. Gen: 129. │ [Within a slot] Excideret ne tibi diuini muneris Author │ Præſentem monstrat quælibet herba Deum. │ [Within an oval frame]THE │HERBALL │ OR GENERALL │ Hiſtorie of │ Plantes.│ Gathered by John Gerarde │ of London Master in │ CHIRVRGERIE │ Very much │ Enlarged and Amended by │ Thomas Johnson │ Citizen and Apothecarye │ of │ LONDON │ [Within a slot] London Printed by │ Adam Iſlip Joice Norton │ and Richard Whitakers │ Anno. 1633.
TYPE:
Roman, italics, some blackletter.
WATERMARK:
Crown over a heraldic shield with two rampant lions.
FORMAT:
a⁴ A-2H⁴ 2I² 2K⁴ 2L² 2M-3T⁴.