[GERARD, John (1545-1612)]. The Herball or General Historie of Plantes.

[GERARD, John (1545-1612)]. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. London: Edm. Bollifant for Bonham and John Norton, 1597]. Folio (306 x 205mm). Woodcut illustrations (lacks title, portrait, preliminary leaves and leaves at the end, some leaves with marginal repairs at the end, variable but mainly light staining, spotting and browning). Modern green buckram. Provenance: Tatton Henry Bower (armorial bookplate); Annie E. Holden & Robt. Willingham (early signatures on front free endpaper); from the Library of the late Sir George Engle. FIRST EDITION which includes, on p. 781, the first recorded illustration of a potato [illustrated]. Arber p.134; Brunet II, 386 (citing 1633 edition); Henrey 154; Hunt 174; Nissen BBI 698; Pritzel 3282. Sold not subject to return.