Botanologia. The English Herbal: or, History of Plants. Containing I. Their names. Greek Latine and English. II Their species, or various kinds. III. Their descriptions. IV. Their places of growth. V. Their times of flowering and seeding. VI. Their qualities or properties. VII. Their specifications. VIII. Their preparations, Galenic and Chymick. IX. Their virtues and uses. X. A complete florilegium, of all the choice flowers cultivated by our florists, interspersed through the whole work, in their proper places: where you have their culture, choice, increase, and way of management, as well for profit as delectation. Adorned with exquisite icons or figures, of the most considerable species, representing to the life, the true forms of those several plants. The whole in alphabetical order.: COMPLETE WITH THE RARE INDEX MORBARUM.

Bookseller

Paul Haynes Rare Books (GB)

Bookseller's Inventory #

Biblio576

Title

Botanologia. The English Herbal: or, History of Plants. Containing I. Their names. Greek Latine and English. II Their species, or various kinds. III. Their descriptions. IV. Their places of growth. V. Their times of flowering and seeding. VI. Their qualities or properties. VII. Their specifications. VIII. Their preparations, Galenic and Chymick. IX. Their virtues and uses. X. A complete florilegium, of all the choice flowers cultivated by our florists, interspersed through the whole work, in their proper places: where you have their culture, choice, increase, and way of management, as well for profit as delectation. Adorned with exquisite icons or figures, of the most considerable species, representing to the life, the true forms of those several plants. The whole in alphabetical order.

Author

Salmon, William

Book Condition

Used

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First edition

Binding

Hardcover

Publisher

Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes at the Star, the corner of Bride Lane, in Fleet Street; and J. Taylor, at the Ship in Pater No

Place of Publication

London

Date Published

1710

Size

Folio

Weight

0.00 lbs

Keywords

Herbal, Alchemy, Botany, Virginia, Galenic

Bookseller catalogs

Natural HIstory; Gardening; Provenance, Bookplates and Associations; Fine Bindings; Botany;

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

A.N.

The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...

Raised Band(s)

Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...

Spine

The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....

Leaves

Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...

Title Page

A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...

Gilt

The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...

Inscribed

When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...

Calf

Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...