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SALMON, WILLIAM. Botanologia. The English Herbal, London: Dawks for H. Rhodes et al 1710, Large folio, 380 x 240 mm., old calf, rebacked, new endpapers, several leaves browned, otherwise a very good copy. FIRST EDITION of the last English woodcut herbal, engraved titlepage by van der Gucht, typographic titlepage in red and black, dedication (to Queen Anne), printed in two columns 1072 column-width woodcuts with captions in English cut as part of the block, complete with the 6-pp."Index Morborum" at end (often lacking). Henrey 1308; Hunt 426; Nissen (Supplement) 1720n.; Pritzel 8018.