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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.
The plate shows the common daisy, Bellis Perennis, the "Little Daisy," whole from root to flower, with a row of small studies of the flower head below and the "Character Genericus," the botanist's diagnostic flower parts, at the top. The text declares that "this Daisy is governed by Venus in the sign Cancer." It counts the daisy "among the traumatic and vulnerary plants, being used in wound-drinks," and adds a line any gardener will recognize: "This is another herb which nature has made common, because it may be useful."
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616–1654), and Joshua HAMILTON. Culpeper's English Family Physician... London: Printed for W. Locke, 1792. Volume 1. A single engraved plate, Bellis, illustrating p. 270.
Physical Description: A single uncolored engraved plate from an octavo volume, 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.). Captioned "Bellis" at the head and "Bellis Perennis, Little Daisy" below the plant.
Framing: Window-mounted under a white archival mat in a cream-painted frame with a beaded inner molding and a crest of molded roses and a ribbon bow across the top, under glass. The crest appears to be painted wood. The frame measures 10 x 12 inches.
Condition: Spotting and browning to the paper; edges lightly chipped. 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.
The plate shows the common daisy, Bellis Perennis, the "Little Daisy," whole from root to flower, with a row of small studies of the flower head below and the "Character Genericus," the botanist's diagnostic flower parts, at the top. The text declares that "this Daisy is governed by Venus in the sign Cancer." It counts the daisy "among the traumatic and vulnerary plants, being used in wound-drinks," and adds a line any gardener will recognize: "This is another herb which nature has made common, because it may be useful."
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616–1654), and Joshua HAMILTON. Culpeper's English Family Physician... London: Printed for W. Locke, 1792. Volume 1. A single engraved plate, Bellis, illustrating p. 270.
Physical Description: A single uncolored engraved plate from an octavo volume, 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.). Captioned "Bellis" at the head and "Bellis Perennis, Little Daisy" below the plant.
Framing: Window-mounted under a white archival mat in a cream-painted frame with a beaded inner molding and a crest of molded roses and a ribbon bow across the top, under glass. The crest appears to be painted wood. The frame measures 10 x 12 inches.
Condition: Spotting and browning to the paper; edges lightly chipped. 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.
