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TURNER, William (ca. 1500-1568). A new Herball, wherin are conteyned the names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englysh, duch Frenche, and in the Potecaries and Herbaries Latin. London: Steven Mierdman, 1551 -- The seconde parte of William Turners herball...here unto is joyned also a booke of the bath of Baeth in Englande. Cologne: Arnold Birckmann, 1562.
Two volumes in one, 2o (309 x 191 mm). Black letter. The second part with blank Ff4, errata leaves Gg1 and Gg2, and the "Errours in figures" slip tipped on to Gg2, 3 title-pages (the Book of the...bathes in second part separately title and paginated), first title printed within woodcut border incorporating the royal arms and with the initials E R (McKerrow & Ferguson 74), the second and third titles with Birckmann's woodcut device, 13-line ornate fraktur woodcuts in first part only, numerous woodcut initials throughout, 196 quarter-page woodcuts of plants (5 cuts with early full or partial hand-coloring). (Upper forecorner of first title defective, patched with upper corner of border redrawn in pencil, some marginal repairs, scattered worming, tears repaired on Bb4 and Cc2 crossing text, a few leaves misbound in second part [Bb2.5 reversed], some staining and browning.) Contemporary blind-panelled English calf (rebacked with original spine preserved, corners repaired). Quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: William M. Fitzhugh, Jr., bookplate.
"FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ESSAY ON SCIENTIFIC BOTANY IN ENGLAND" (Hunt). Turner was the first English botanist to follow in the steps of contemporary Continental botanists who pursued the work of classification and publishing initiated by Brunfels and Fuchs. The woodcuts are careful copies of the cuts used in M. Isingrin's octavo edition of Fuchs's Primi de Stirpium Historia Commentariorum (Basel 1545 and later editions). Without the third part which was published by Birckmann in 1568 to accompany the Cologne 1568 edition.
Garrison-Morton 1811; Henrey, I, 21-26; Hunt 65 (part one); Nissen BBI 2013; NLM/Durling 4439; STC 24365-66; Norman 2118.
Two volumes in one, 2
"FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ESSAY ON SCIENTIFIC BOTANY IN ENGLAND" (Hunt). Turner was the first English botanist to follow in the steps of contemporary Continental botanists who pursued the work of classification and publishing initiated by Brunfels and Fuchs. The woodcuts are careful copies of the cuts used in M. Isingrin's octavo edition of Fuchs's Primi de Stirpium Historia Commentariorum (Basel 1545 and later editions). Without the third part which was published by Birckmann in 1568 to accompany the Cologne 1568 edition.
Garrison-Morton 1811; Henrey, I, 21-26; Hunt 65 (part one); Nissen BBI 2013; NLM/Durling 4439; STC 24365-66; Norman 2118.