Search Results: Authors starting with G from J. A. Lascelles & Sons

Washington: Printed by Samuel H. Smith For The Authors, 1804. 1st Edition. Full calf. Good. 12º, 17cm.; 204pp., [4]; contemporary calf with stamped 6 paneled spine, spine title in gilt on red leather; hinges started, corners bumped and worn; title page and fr. flyleaf adhered together in the gutter; pages age toned. Presented in custom clamshell box. The second American book on gardening. Only preceded by Robert Squibb's 'Gardener's Kalendar'. (Bailey).

London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1633. Second Edition. Full calf. Good +. Christophe Plantin. 2°, 34cm.; ¶8 (Missing A1, blank), ¶¶-¶¶¶6, A-B8, C-6V6, 6X4, 6Y6-7B6 (missing final blank), 859 leaves, pp. [38] 2-1630 [50] [leaves 35-36 misnumbered]. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bumped and worn through. Pages generally clean, title page ever so slightly chipped around edges with light soiling. 2 bookplates on fr. pastedown. This 2nd edition was commissioned by London herbalist Thomas Johnson and enlarged by him, extending and revising Gerard's near translation of Rembert Dodoens 'Pemptades' (1583) with the addition of hundreds of new species and illustrations. Johnson also jettisoned the woodcuts from the 1st edition for ones supplied by Christopher Plantin's press. Includes the famous title page engraved by John Payne featuring Ceres, Pomona, Theophrastus and Dioscorides with John Gerard at bottom.