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(BOTANICAL.) Gerard, John. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Over 2700 botanical text woodcuts. [38] (of [40]), 1630, [48] (of [50]) pages, including engraved title; lacks initial and final blanks. Folio, 330x214 mm, later 19th-century 1/2 morocco, worn, rear joint starting; engraved title trimmed to image and mounted with slight loss at top, dedication leaf rehinged, occasional light marginal soiling, dark stain in upper outer corner of a few leaves toward beginning and last several index leaves, small hole in 3A1 affecting a few words, crudely stitched clean tear in 7A1. Small late 18th-/early 19th-century booklabel of J. L. Harrison of Penrith on engraved title. London: Adam Islip et al., 1636
