HORTUS FLORIDUS - The Second Book. Contayning a very lively and true Description of the Flowers of the Summer, Autumn and Winter by Pass, Crispin van de; With a Preface by Eleanour Sinclair Ronde, Calligraphy by Margaret Shipton, Translated from the Latin by Spencer Savage - 1929

Minerva Press Ltd., 1974, 1615; This Translation First Published In 1928-29. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good, Has Embossed Stamp Of Audrey Harkness Oconnor . Oblong Octavo. 1615 100 Engravings Divided By The Four Seasons Oblong Octavo, 1974, 1615; This Translation First Published In 1928-29, Unpaginated, The Dutch 17th Century Garden D14d

Minerva, 1974 Cloth, Imperial 8vo. 1ed thus (from 1615 manuscript). Unpaginated. Green boards with gilt lettering at spine. Gilt at top edge. 100 plates. Very slight bumping to DJ edges, now protected with mylar. No significant wear.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

London: Cresset Press. Very good copy. 1928. 1st. 1/4 leather. Oblong 4to, 93 pp., Limited to 500 numbered copies., Bound in 1/4 leather backed marbled boards; leather of front outer hinge partially split. With a Preface by Eleanor Sinclair Rohde and calligraphy by Margaret Shipton; small errata slip tipped-in at the half-title. Reproductions of seventeenth century copper engravings with a translation of the original latin text by Spencer Savage. .

London: Cresset Press, 1928. Limited Edition. One of 550 numbered copies. 'The seventeenth century saw the production of many books of plant engravings, and of these the "Hortus Floridus [I]" of Crispin de Pass is generally acknowledged to be the masterpiece.' Preface, Eleanor Sinclair Rohde. Oblong octavo, etchings throughout; a very good copy in original morrocco-backed marbled boards, chip to top of spine, early bookplate, extremities mildly rubbed.

London: Minerva Press Ltd., 1974. Unpaged Introduction by Eleanor Sinclair Rohde. Text translated from the Latin by Spencer Savage. First published in 1615, an important anthology of the flowers to be found in a cultivated Dutch 17th-century garden. Reproduces 100 full-page black & white plates, divided among the four seasons, each flower described. Name in ink on front free endsheet. 1/4" brown line marks a few pages in front . Unclipped Dj in Brodart cover. Top edge gold gilt.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8 vo. (8 1/2" x 11" horizontal).

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… Read More