Lot 376
Langham, William
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST
£1,500
Description
The garden of health. London: [deputies of Christopher Barker], 1579. [i.e. 1597]. 4to, woodcut initial and head-piece, later sheep with contemporary calf panels laid down on covers, title strengthened at gutter, pp.113-115 torn with loss of text, some soiling, fraying and dampstaining, binding slightly rubbed, library stamps
Footnote
Note: ESTC S108214; Wellcome I, p.36
First edition of this early, and exhaustive, guide to herbal remedies. The text includes an index of "simples" (from abhorring meat to preserving youth) with the herbs used to cure them.