Hortulus /
Walahfrid Strabo,807?-849author.
Blunt, Wilfrid,1901-1987,writer of added commentary.
Payne, Raef,1929-2000,translator.
Evans, Henry Herman,1918-1990,illustrator.
Taylor, George,1904-1993,former owner.StEdNL
Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust,former owner.StEdNL
Hunt Botanical Library.
Includes facsimile of 9th century calligraphic manuscript, comprising ff. 30-39 of the Codex Latinus bibliotheca regia no. 469, from the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana; Latin transcription with English translation on opposite pages, and bibliography of various editions.
One of 1500 copies "printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem."
"With illustrations from linoleum cuts by Henry Evans."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85) and index.
Foreword -- Walahfrid Stabo / by Wilfrid Blunt -- The Hortulus in facsimile -- The Hortulus in transcription and translation / by Raef Payne -- Editions of the Hortulus / by George H.M. Lawrence -- The plants of the Hortulus -- References -- Index.
Bookplate reading "Sir George Taylor ex libris ad Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust" attached to the inside of the front lining paper.
Botany