Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, London, first edition, n.d. [1979]. Cloth, folio, 32 cm,. 191 pp, 159 ills (including 64 colour plates). From the blurb : "Wilfrid Blunt and Sandra Raphael begin with a wide-ranging study of the development of manuscript herbals, their decoration and their botanical and medicinal interest. They then discuss the evolution of the printed herbal, from the first woodcuts to the elegant metal-engravings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The book is illustrated throughout with sixty-four superb colour plates and some eighty black and white manuscript illustrations, woodcuts and engravings, all of which are accompanied by the authors' descriptive, explanatory and historical notes on the manuscripts and books themselves." Includes index. One or two fore-edges a trifle spotted, otherwise Near Fine in dustwrapper.

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Bookseller: Wykeham Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BIBLIO-44805
Title: The Illustrated Herbal
Author: Blunt, W. ; Raphael, S
Format/Binding: Cloth, folio, 32 cm,
Book Condition: Used - One or two fore-edges a trifle spotted, otherwise Near Fine in dustwrapper
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0906459028
ISBN 13: 9780906459027
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, London, first edition, n.d. [1979]
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: n.d. [1979]
Pages: 191 pp, 159 ills (including 64 colour plates)
Keywords: Herbals Illustrations History. Botanical illustration History. Blunt, Wilfrid & Raphael, Sandra 0906459028
Bookseller catalogs: Botanical Books (Bibliographies);

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