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    By John Maplet [int. by W.H. Davies]
    London   The Hesperides Press
    10" by 7.5" ix, 184, [2] pp.
    An intriguing edition of A Greene Forest, a varied record of rocks, animals and plants originally written in the seventeenth century.
    By John Maplet [int. by W.H. Davies]

    1930 A Greene Forest

    London   The Hesperides Press
    10" by 7.5" ix, 184, [2] pp.
    An intriguing edition of A Greene Forest, a varied record of rocks, animals and plants originally written in the seventeenth century.
    £75.00
    : 1kgs / : 986N31
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    Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    A Greene Forest, a natural history compiled by physician to Charles II, John Maplet. An introduction is written by Welsh poet and writer W.H. Davies. Published by The Hesperides Press in 1930, originally published in 1567. This edition is one of 556 copies that went on sale.

    In the publisher's original green cloth.

    Addressed to Lord Thomas of Suffolk, Maplet compiles an informative record of rocks, plants, trees, fungi and animals that leads to some fascinating seventeenth century descriptions of peacocks and rhinos. It gives great insight into how a British man in the Stuart era saw the natural world.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, very smart with minimal signs of shelf wear. Fading to the spine and to the extremities. Spotting to the end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the extremities. Heavier spotting to pp.142-157.

    Very Good

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