Malmesbury Abbey art print by Joseph Mallord William Turner
List Price: ?250.00
Amazon Price: ?237.50
Customer Review: Good quality reproduction…but pricey!
This book is a great resource for researchers interested in early herbals. It provides a facsimile copy of all 3 parts of William Turners ground breaking “Herball” as well as translations into modern english (the orginal text is in heavy black lettered old english). The facsimile itself has been cleaned up and is very readable - unfortunately this loses the feel of the orginal book (its black and white, not grey scale and the text from the reverse page doesnt show through, the edges of the pages arent visible either so its almost like looking at a “posterised” version). The woodcuts (taken from Fuchs) are good quality but also only in black and white. There are no colour illustrations in the translations or appendices. All in all a good effort but at this price probably only of interest to the serious researcher…
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Malmesbury Abbey art print by Joseph Mallord William Turner
High quality art print by Joseph Mallord William Turner measuring 30×40cm
