Eleanour Sinclair Rohde — The Old English Herbals

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the richly illustrated first edition of Eleanour Sinclair Rohde's study of historical English herbals, retaining the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, in the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and seventeen plates. Collated, complete.Eleanour Sinclair Rohde's work offers a historical survey of English herbals from the medieval period through the seventeenth century, examining their botanical content, medical uses, and cultural significance.Rohde discusses notable herbalists such as John Gerard, Nicholas Culpeper, and William Turner, and includes analysis of their works and illustrations. With the bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip, with handling marks to wraps. Chip to front wrap tail. Closed tear to front wrap tail. Minor chipping to back strip head and tail. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good Indeed.