1922 The Old English Herbals

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, first impression, in the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.

Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and seventeen plates. Collated, complete.

Eleanour Sinclair Rohde's work offers a historical survey of English herbals from the medieval period through the seventeenth century, examining their botanical content, medical uses, and cultural significance.

Rohde discusses notable herbalists such as John Gerard, Nicholas Culpeper, and William Turner, and includes analysis of their works and illustrations. 

With the bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy.