Hortus Floridus - the First Book, with Hortus Floridus - the Second Book
by Van de Pass, Crispin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Great Leighs, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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 title page, full page illustration, 25 full page drawings of flowers and 2pp drawings of bulbs, all but one faced with a page of text, Winter title page, full page illustration, 12 full page drawings with accompanying text. The text in both volumes is in a handwritted style and the calligraphy was by Margaret Shipton. Volume one has a partial dustwrapper (lacking the spine and part of the front cover). In volume one a split to the spine has been repaired, but there is rubbing of the leather to the side of the spine. Volume two is rubbed to top & bottom of spine. Overall G+ nr VG.
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- Title
- Hortus Floridus - the First Book, with Hortus Floridus - the Second Book
- Author
- Van de Pass, Crispin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...