Hortus Floridus - the First Book, with Hortus Floridus - the Second Book

Published by The Cresset Press, London, 1928 & 1929, both limited editions of 550 copies. (Numbers 164 and 473). Leather spines, marbled paper boards . Gilt lettering to spines. Printed on mould made paper. Oblong format, 7.5ins x 11.5ins. Volume one (""Contayninge a very lively and true Description of the Flowers of the Springe"") unpaginated. Comprises half title, limitation page, illustrated title page, text title page, poem by Thomas Wood, 9pp preface by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, followed by 41 full page drawings of flowers each faced by a page of text. Volume two (""Contayning a very lively and true Description of the Flowers of the Summer, Autumn and Winter"") unpaginated. Comprises, half title, limitation page, illustrated title page, text title page,10pp preface by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, note on the translation by Spencer Savage, text title page for Summer, full page illustration, followed by 20 full page drawings each faced by page of text, Autumn title page, full page illustration, 25 full page drawings of flowers and 2pp drawings of bulbs, all but one faced with a page of text, Winter title page, full page illustration, 12 full page drawings with accompanying text. The text in both volumes is in a handwritted style and the calligraphy was by Margaret Shipton. Volume one has a partial dustwrapper (lacking the spine and part of the front cover). In volume one a split to the spine has been repaired, but there is rubbing of the leather to the side of the spine. Volume two is rubbed to top & bottom of spine. Overall G+ nr VG.