From a rare and vast storehouse of botanical information -- beautiful, royalty-free illustrations of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and garden flowers. Ideal for craftwork, these handsome illustrations will also delight herbal enthusiasts. 214 black-and-white illustrations.

'Gerald's Herbal', or 'The Generall Historie of Plantes', is the fourth gathering in 400 years. This edition spans 428 pages, 323 illustrations taken from the original, and contains 300 entries, many of them unseen for centuries.

Britain’s most famous history of plants, Gerard’s Herball, features hundreds of flora and fauna alongside many beautiful illustrations. First published in 1597, John Gerard’s history of plants was originally almost 1,500 pages and included many wild plants that had never been put into print before. The many illustrations in this wonderful volume bring the ancient herbs and plants to life. This volume is divided into several sections: - The Herbal - Spring - April - May - June - July - August - Autumn - Winter

This beautiful horticultural handbook is a garden calendar, taking you on an illustrated journey through the year, detailing each season’s most prominent plants, flowers, and herbs. A revised edition of John Gerrard’s 1597 Garden Herball, this gorgeously illustrated volume has been updated by Marcus Woodward to form a garden calendar, with each plant being featured in its flowering season. From tobacco and onions to poppies, sunflowers, and peach trees, England’s most-famous herbal index is perfect for all who are interested in gardening and horticulture.

In the early modern herbal, Sarah Neville finds a captivating example of how Renaissance print culture shaped scientific authority.