(BOTANICAL) Turner William A new herball 2 vols in one 155

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(BOTANICAL.) Turner, William. A new herball. [92] (of [94]) leaves; lacks A2.3 * The seconde parte of William Turners herball. [4], 171, [2] (of [3]) leaves only; A2.3 possibly supplied from another copy, lacks blank 2F4, errata slip, and last 22 leaves (A booke of . . . the bathes in England). Together, 2 volumes in one, printed in black letter, with botanical woodcuts throughout. Folio, 278x176 mm, old sheep, spine imperfect, covers detached; dark dampstaining in lower portion throughout, paper corrosion along fore edges, second work with early owner's extensive notes in ink on preliminaries, clean tear across 2B2 repaired with cellotape, corner torn off 2C2 with text loss, blank lower portion of 2G2 torn off. London: Steven Mierdman (for John Gybken), 1551; Cologne: Arnold Birckmann, 1562

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first edition. "The first original scientific herbal by an Englishman, and the first . . . published in the English language"--Garrison-Morton 1811. Henrey I, 366; Hunt 65; Nissen BBI 2013; Norman 2118; STC 24365.