Hortus Floridus. The First Book. Contayninge a very lively and true Description of the Flowers of the Springe by Van De Pass, Crispin [Crispin De Pass]

London: Cresset Press. Very good copy. 1928. 1st. 1/4 leather. Oblong 4to, 93 pp., Limited to 500 numbered copies., Bound in 1/4 leather backed marbled boards; leather of front outer hinge partially split. With a Preface by Eleanor Sinclair Rohde and calligraphy by Margaret Shipton; small errata slip tipped-in at the half-title. Reproductions of seventeenth century copper engravings with a translation of the original latin text by Spencer Savage. .

London: Cresset Press, 1928. Limited Edition. One of 550 numbered copies. 'The seventeenth century saw the production of many books of plant engravings, and of these the "Hortus Floridus [I]" of Crispin de Pass is generally acknowledged to be the masterpiece.' Preface, Eleanor Sinclair Rohde. Oblong octavo, etchings throughout; a very good copy in original morrocco-backed marbled boards, chip to top of spine, early bookplate, extremities mildly rubbed.

Published by The Cresset Press, London, 1928 & 1929, both limited editions of 550 copies. (Numbers 164 and 473). Leather spines, marbled paper boards . Gilt lettering to spines. Printed on mould made paper. Oblong format, 7.5ins x 11.5ins. Volume one (""Contayninge a very lively and true Description of the Flowers of the Springe"") unpaginated. Comprises half title, limitation page, illustrated title page, text title page, poem by Thomas Wood, 9pp preface by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, followed by 41 full page drawings of flowers each faced by a page of text. Volume two (""Contayning a very lively and true Description of the Flowers of the Summer, Autumn and Winter"") unpaginated. Comprises, half title, limitation page, illustrated title page, text title page,10pp preface by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, note on the translation by Spencer Savage, text title page for Summer, full page illustration, followed by 20 full page drawings each faced by page of text, Autumn… Read More