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
by Pass, Crispin van de; With a Preface by Eleanour Sinclair Ronde, Calligraphy by Margaret Shipton, Translated from the Latin by Spencer Savage
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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
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- Hardcover
London: The Cresset Press, 1929. #295 of 500 copies on mould made paper (plus an additional 30 on hand-made paper). Pp. Unpaginated. Narrow green leather backstrip over marbled boards. 62 reproductions of copper engravings printed on the rectos with the text printed on adjoining verso. Text printed in a clean, calligraphic font. Very good, tight, clean copy. The original Hortus Floridus appeared in four states between the years 1614 and 1617. Compared to the common woodcut techniques which prevailed during a large part of the 16th century, the copper engravings represented plants and flowers more accurately, but also in an artistic and pictorial way.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong Octavo.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (CA)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition Limited Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Cresset Press
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1929
- Keywords Botany; Horticulture;
- Size Oblong Octavo