The herball or Generall historie of plantes.
John Gerard's The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, printed in London in 1597 by John Norton, is an English herbal compiling plant descriptions and medicinal uses for physicians, apothecaries and general readers. Its pictures are woodcut engravings of single plants shown whole, roots to flowers, against plain or lightly textured paper, offering a designer clear botanical line drawings with strong outlines and dense hatched shading.
