Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plants, second edition, lacking initial & final blanks, title browned, trimmed to border and laid down with very small loss affecting few letters of imprint, F4 & 5E5 repaired tears, the latter with tiny text loss, 2P6v & 3Q6 small rust-hole affecting couple letters, 3B6-3C5 various holes and paper repairs with loss to some text/woodcuts, 6V3&4 loose, 6Z5-7A4 of Table at end with some tears and repairs with small loss (7A1 also slightly trimmed at foot), final few ff. little creased, few minor marginal defects or short tears into text without loss, very occasional worming to inner-margin and small worm hole/trace within text towards end, some staining and light browning, gutter split at 2L2 with few other leaves starting to work loose, lacking rear free endpapers, lower hinge cracked and upper very nearly broken, later calf, spine repaired at head and foot, very worn, joints split, housed in a drop-back box, [Henrey 155; Hunt 223; Nissen BBI 698; STC 11751], folio, Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633.

⁂ Second edition of the most famous early English herbal. The engraved title includes a portrait of the author holding a spray of potato foliage with flower and berry in his hand - displaying Gerard's considerable knowledge of this plant in English circles.