The Deluxe Gerard's Herbal: Selections from the 1633 Enlarged & Amended Edition Hardcover – June 11, 2025

What makes this edition differentThis oversized hardcover version of Gerard's Herbal has been created with the modern reader in mind. The original 16th century text has been gently edited to make it more accessible, while preserving period character. The woodcut illustrations have been re-scanned at full original size, then re-titled and cleaned up by hand. This edition contains 323 such illustrations and covers 300 different plants. Velluminous Press published its original paperback version in 2008, this hardcover edition offers the same content presented in a larger format and larger, easier-to-read text.Compared to the widely-republished Marcus Woodward edition of Gerard's Herbal, this edition:is larger and more comprehensive with a much wider selection of plants from the originalhas larger and clearer illustrations compared to the cramped photo-reduced copies of Woodwardis easier for modern readers to understandincludes historically interesting information from the original that would have been considered too bawdy to publish in Marcus Woodward's time.General InformationGerard's Herbal, or The Generall Historie of Plantes, is the fourth gathering in 400 years, in a line of descent from the original 1597 folio, the 1633 edition enlarged & amended by Thomas Johnson, and the 1927 Marcus Woodward version. The Velluminous Press edition spans 428 pages containing 300 separate plant entries and 323 illustrations taken from the original woodcuts. Gerard's Herbal is a timeless treasure trove of botany, medicine, gardening, textiles, cookery and travel. Read more