Please excuse the skeleton. A few extra books and curious objects for spooky season.
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Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) wrote his herbal in English for ordinary households, and he gave nearly every plant a ruling planet. This plate comes from the 1792 London edition, "medicinally and astrologically arranged, after the manner of Culpeper" by the physician Joshua Hamilton, who enlarged it with several hundred plants taken mainly from Sir John Hill. We have had it matted and framed.
Three primulas share this plate, each drawn whole from root to flower: the primrose, Primula Veris, at the upper left; the oxlip at the right; and below them the little bird's eye, Primula Farinosa, with its tuft of flowers on a tall stem. In his own herbal Culpeper set the cowslips and primroses under Venus and counted them among the gentle remedies, for the head and nerves and for the complexion; the plate itself names no planet.
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616–1654), and Joshua HAMILTON. Culpeper's English Family Physician... London: Printed for W. Locke, 1792. Volume 1. A single engraved plate, Primula.
Physical Description: A single uncolored engraved plate from an octavo volume, 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.). Captioned "Primula" at the head, with the three plants named below: "Primula Veris, Primrose," "Oxlip," and "Primula Farinosa, Birds Eye."
Framing: Window-mounted under a white mat in an ornate gilt frame with a dark patina, under glass.
Condition: Spotting and browning to the paper. All four edges of the plate show within the mat window.
About our leaves. We sell leaves only from books that came to us already incomplete or damaged beyond reasonable restoration. We never break a complete copy. Each source book is an edition that survives in multiple copies in public collections. Anything of evidential value, such as a notable binding, an inscription or annotations, stays intact. We record the whole copy before it is dispersed. Where there is any doubt whether a book meets these standards, we consult an outside senior bookseller or conservator before proceeding. Source of this leaf: Nicholas Culpeper and Joshua Hamilton, Culpeper's English Family Physician, vol. 1, London: W. Locke, 1792 (ESTC T136362), an odd first volume without its second, disbound with the binding split and heavily foxed.
Shipping: Included in the price within the US. Framed pieces ship double-boxed and padded, with the glass protected, separately from our sleeved leaves.
The price includes shipping within the US.
Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) wrote his herbal in English for ordinary households, and he gave nearly every plant a ruling planet. This plate comes from the 1792 London edition, "medicinally and astrologically arranged, after the manner of Culpeper" by the physician Joshua Hamilton, who enlarged it with several hundred plants taken mainly from Sir John Hill. We have had it matted and framed.
Three primulas share this plate, each drawn whole from root to flower: the primrose, Primula Veris, at the upper left; the oxlip at the right; and below them the little bird's eye, Primula Farinosa, with its tuft of flowers on a tall stem. In his own herbal Culpeper set the cowslips and primroses under Venus and counted them among the gentle remedies, for the head and nerves and for the complexion; the plate itself names no planet.
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616–1654), and Joshua HAMILTON. Culpeper's English Family Physician... London: Printed for W. Locke, 1792. Volume 1. A single engraved plate, Primula.
Physical Description: A single uncolored engraved plate from an octavo volume, 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.). Captioned "Primula" at the head, with the three plants named below: "Primula Veris, Primrose," "Oxlip," and "Primula Farinosa, Birds Eye."
Framing: Window-mounted under a white mat in an ornate gilt frame with a dark patina, under glass.
Condition: Spotting and browning to the paper. All four edges of the plate show within the mat window.
About our leaves. We sell leaves only from books that came to us already incomplete or damaged beyond reasonable restoration. We never break a complete copy. Each source book is an edition that survives in multiple copies in public collections. Anything of evidential value, such as a notable binding, an inscription or annotations, stays intact. We record the whole copy before it is dispersed. Where there is any doubt whether a book meets these standards, we consult an outside senior bookseller or conservator before proceeding. Source of this leaf: Nicholas Culpeper and Joshua Hamilton, Culpeper's English Family Physician, vol. 1, London: W. Locke, 1792 (ESTC T136362), an odd first volume without its second, disbound with the binding split and heavily foxed.
Shipping: Included in the price within the US. Framed pieces ship double-boxed and padded, with the glass protected, separately from our sleeved leaves.
