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London: Thomas Harper, 1633. Thick square octavo, pp (6), 702, (66), printed in black letter. The title page is mounted and heavily restored from a much earlier time; it is age-toned and there is much staining of the surface, possibly from the glue used to repair ? The first few pages are fragile at the leading edge and lacking a few small pieces; the remaining pages are age-toned and occasionally slightly marked or stained, certainly used but overall quite sound with no tears or loss. Later calf with simple gilt decorated line, with some cracking and wear, fairly recently re-backed with a new calf spine, blind-stamped. Front and rear hinges cracked, but no weakness. The front endpaper has a tiny neat inscription dated 1917, and also the heraldic bookplate of Lady Violet Beaumont. [Second edition of this charming guide to herbal remedies with the plants "set down in order of the Alphabet, so that thou mayest without any difficulties finde them by the titles of the pages" ("To the… Read More

Printed by Thomas Harper, with permission of the Company of Stationers,, 1633.. 1633 4to. [8], 702, [60] p. Second edition. Modern blind panelled calf in period style. Spine blind tooled in panels between raised bands. Old endpapers preserved with early ownership inscriptions. Library accession marks removed from title verso, affecting edition statement. Two small blank corners restored at the beginning of the volume, not touching the text. Old water stains visible on a few leaves but overall a very good copy. STC 15196.

[8], 702, [66] pp.Second edition of an English encyclopaedia of practical medical botany for household use as well as for doctors and apothecaries, discussing about 420 plants, first published in 1597. It describes the plant's parts and their uses, the preparation of medicines from the plant and their use in treating various ailments, and includes some American plants that had only recently reached Europe when Langham wrote. The books emphasis on common plants that "are gotten without any great cost or labour", suggests it is intended for household use and for those who cared for the poor, but it also gives instructions for distillation and other processes that an amateur would be less likely to attempt than an apothecary. While the title must have been influenced by the 1485 Gart der Gesundheit or 1491 [H]ortus sanitatis, the text is quite independent. With worm trails slightly affecting the text in about 15 leaves, damage to the lower outside corner of a few leaves, affecting a few words on Z4, a… Read More

London: Thomas Harper, 1633. Hardcover. Good. Thick small 4to; [8] 702 [66] pp. First published in 1597, this is the second edition corrected and amended. Period paneled calf with the monogram "IA" in blind. Binding worn, rebacked; toned throughout, slight staining at rear. 1676 ownership inscription of a John Allason of Godfrid, and apparently bound for him. The medicinal qualities of a wide variety of foods and herbs are discussed in this fascinating volume. This particular copy is enhanced with annotations and marginalia throughout, and a full page of botanical notes on the blank preceding the title.