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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
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Flowers -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
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Descript |
[28; 4] p., plates |
Note |
Dedication signed: Crispian de passe Iunior. |
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A translation by Thomas Wood or E.W. of: Hortus floridus. |
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"The booke to his readers" is signed by Thomas Wood; the translator's dedication to book four is signed: E.W. |
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In two parts, the first containing four books according to the seasons. Part 2, "Altera pars horti floridi" has divisional title and an engraved Biblical text ([2] leaves) followed by 62 leaves of plates with letterpress Latin descriptions on facing pages. |
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Several plates in part 1, books 1 and 2 are signed by Simon van de Pass and Willem van de Passe. |
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First part letterpress signatures: A-G² , all in English. These leaves were evidently intended to be dispersed through part 1, quires A-C having the general preliminaries and the text for book 1 (spring), quire D having the text for book 2 (summer), E1-F1 for book 3 (autumn), and F2-G2 for book 4 (winter). Some copies may have additional letterpress leaves with text in other languages. |
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Copies vary in the number of plates in part 1, and plates may have letterpress Latin text on versos. For book 1 originally 41 flower plates (some unnumbered) and one "garden" plate were engraved (the latter with legend "Meridies" at top but other directions not labeled); later 12 plates numbered 43-54 were added. Book 2 originally had 19 plates; later a plate 20 was added, and another copy of the "garden" plate may be present. Book 3 has 26 numbered plates (two numbered 25) plus a "garden" plate with "Meridies" at top and the other three directions also labeled; book 4 has 12 numbered plates and possibly a duplicate of the second "garden" plate. |
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For more details on states see "The Library", ser. 4, vol. 4 (1924), p. 181-206. |
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Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
Alt author |
Wood, Thomas, active 1615-1624.
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Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647.
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Passe, Willem van de, 1598-ca. 1637.
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E. W., active 1615.
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