Bidspirit auction | Nicholas Culperer

Nicholas Culperer - Nicholas Culperer - Culperer's complete herbal to which is now added upwards one hundred additional herbs, 1822. London, Thomas Kelly, 1822. In 8°. Full leather binding with gold decorations on the covers. Spine with 5 raised bands and with a label bearing the title in gold. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece with a portrait of the author on the verso. Appendix with 40 colour plates depicting herbs at the end. Text in English. Damage to the hinge of the book and the front cover loose from the binding.