[Rarebooks] FS: William Salmon's BOTANOLOGIA. THE ENGLISH HERBAL, 1710-11, with over 1000 woodcuts

[Charles Agvent]

SALMON, William BOTANOLOGIA. THE ENGLISH HERBAL: OR, HISTORY OF PLANTS...
Rhodes & Taylor London 1710-1711 First Edition Hunt 426; Nissen BBI 
(Supplement) 1720n; Pritzel 8018. Two Royal Folio volumes (9-1/2" x 
15-1/2") bound in contemporary full paneled calf, the first volume 
rebacked with original spine and label and the second volume rebacked 
with a new spine and label. [viii], 1296, [xliv] pages. Illustrated with 
an allegorical engraved title by Van der Gucht after Elias Knight and 
1,072 woodcuts in the text. Title page of the first volume printed in 
red and black; the second volume black only. This copy with the Index 
Plantarum and the Index Latinus at the end but not the Index Morborum, 
with which not all copies were bound. While the 4-page dedication to 
Queen Anne is present; some copies we have seen also appear to have 
24-page introductory matter which is not present here and was never 
bound in. William Salmon, a purveyor of quack medicines and an alchemist 
as well as an author, appears to have been a most interesting character, 
and his entry in the Dictionary of National Biography is well worth 
reading. Some scuffing and wear to the leather, with the original spine 
of the first volume somewhat dry, but a solidly bound and not 
unattractive copy. The text of the first volume is very clean with just 
a few signatures exhibiting some browning; while the second volume has 
more browning, but on the whole it is mild. Modern bookplates and 
signatures on the front pastedowns. Very Good set of the last great 
English woodcut herbal.                 $4500.00
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