GERARD, John. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Edited by Thomas Johnson. London: Adam Islip, Joyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, 1633. 2° (337 x 230mm). Engraved architectural title, 2791 woodcut illustrations [Cleveland Collections count], woodcut head- and tail-pieces, ornaments and initials. (Some light browning and dampstaining, leaves [para mark para mark], Rrrr2-5, Bbbbb3-4 and Zzzzzz6 loose with frayed edges, Zzzzz1 and Rrrrrr5 with marginal chips just touching a few letters, a couple of other leaves with marginal chips.) Contemporary calf (worn backstrip missing). Provenance: annotation in an early hand to verso of Rrrrrr6 -- Hester Lawson (ownership inscription dated 1696) -- bookseller's price in an early hand of 2/10/- -- Lady Strachey of Rockheath Park, Norwich (booklabel).