WILLIAM TURNER (C. 1510-1568) [ The first and seconde partes of the Herbal of William Turner doctor in physick, lately ouersene, corrected and enlarged with the thirde parte . Cologne: Arnold Birckman, 1568] [ Bound with :] [BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus (c.1450-1512)]. A most excellent and perfect homish apothecarye... Translated out of the Almaine speche into English by John Hollybush . Cologne: Arnold Birckman, 1561. 4 works in one volume, 2° (272 x 180mm). Part two with the rare blank Ff4, and Gg1-2 the rare 2-leaf errata 'The fautes and errores conteined in thys [second] booke', this latter without the overslip sometimes found in a few copies. Woodcuts of plant specimens in text, woodcut initials. (Lacks general title and part one blanks T5-6, A1-2 'Peter Turner to the reader' and 'Faultes to be corrected in the first part' and part three blank Ggg6 and *1 'Faultes to be amended in the thirde part', part 4 lacking blank h4, without the 2 ll. dedication in part two signed A2-[3] found in a few copies, part two [*2] table of contents cropped at head, penultimate leaf remargined, last leaf with extensive loss to blank portion and repaired, variable browning and spotting throughout, with a few minor marginal tears to some leaves.) Contemporary panelled sheep (extremities rubbed, corners more heavily, spine worn with head and tail of spine defective, remains of old leather repairs to joints at head and tail of spine, minor worming to lower cover, later endpapers). Provenance : William Stevenson (presentation inscription dated 28 April 1716 to verso of part two [*2]) -- Charlotte Carnegie (19th-century booklabel). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION with the third part published for the first time 'of the first original botanical works written in English on a scientific basis' (Cleveland Collections) by 'the Father of English Botany' (Hunt). Cleveland Collections 85 and 99; Henrey 368; Hunt 65 (first edition of part one); STC 24367.
WILLIAM TURNER (C. 1510-1568) [ The first and seconde partes of the Herbal of William Turner doctor in physick, lately ouersene, corrected and enlarged with the thirde parte . Cologne: Arnold Birckman, 1568] [ Bound with :] [BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus (c.1450-1512)]. A most excellent and perfect homish apothecarye... Translated out of the Almaine speche into English by John Hollybush . Cologne: Arnold Birckman, 1561. 4 works in one volume, 2° (272 x 180mm). Part two with the rare blank Ff4, and Gg1-2 the rare 2-leaf errata 'The fautes and errores conteined in thys [second] booke', this latter without the overslip sometimes found in a few copies. Woodcuts of plant specimens in text, woodcut initials. (Lacks general title and part one blanks T5-6, A1-2 'Peter Turner to the reader' and 'Faultes to be corrected in the first part' and part three blank Ggg6 and *1 'Faultes to be amended in the thirde part', part 4 lacking blank h4, without the 2 ll. dedication in part two signed A2-[3] found in a few copies, part two [*2] table of contents cropped at head, penultimate leaf remargined, last leaf with extensive loss to blank portion and repaired, variable browning and spotting throughout, with a few minor marginal tears to some leaves.) Contemporary panelled sheep (extremities rubbed, corners more heavily, spine worn with head and tail of spine defective, remains of old leather repairs to joints at head and tail of spine, minor worming to lower cover, later endpapers). Provenance : William Stevenson (presentation inscription dated 28 April 1716 to verso of part two [*2]) -- Charlotte Carnegie (19th-century booklabel). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION with the third part published for the first time 'of the first original botanical works written in English on a scientific basis' (Cleveland Collections) by 'the Father of English Botany' (Hunt). Cleveland Collections 85 and 99; Henrey 368; Hunt 65 (first edition of part one); STC 24367.
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