Jun Folkard / Plant Lore Legends and Lyrics Embracing the Myths Traditions 1st

Description: Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics: Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the Plant Kingdom Author: Folkard, Jun., Richard Title: Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics: Embracing the Myths, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-Lore of the Plant Kingdom Publication: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1884 Edition: First Edition Description: Hardcover. Much like the Druids searching for their Selago, or "Golden Herb," by the light of the crescent moon on the front cover of this 1884 first edition of Folkard's Plant Lore, any student of myth, botany, history, or the occult is sure to find a treasure trove here. Between these sage green covers lie centuries and centuries of ancient stories—myths and legends and traditions and folk-lore, of world-trees and trees of paradise, wood nymphs and tree spirits, magical plants and miraculous plants and sacred plants, plant language and symbolism, plants associated with death and funeral rites, plants of the Christian Church and of the Devil and of witches, plants of fairies and elves and nymphs and naiads, myths and legends that truly span the world, from Scandinavian, Norse, Celtic, German, Bohemian, Japanese, Sudanese, Hindu, Buddhist, Iranian, and Greco-Roman traditions, and many more, along with a 400-page encyclopedia of six hundred plants, alphabetically arranged, each with their own myths, legends, traditions, folk-lore, symbolism, and history. Adding to the wealth of knowledge stored here are the rich illustrations throughout, including a frontispiece, 16 plate and woodcut vignettes, and head and tail pieces, reproduced from originals in ancient herbals including Parkinson's Paradisi (1656) and Gerarde's Herbal (1633), as well as works of archaeology, natural history, and travel from the 17th to 19th centuries. In these pages, you'll learn of world-trees like that of the Norse tradition's Ash Yggdrasill which grows out of Asgard, plants associated with witches like Cyclamen for use in love potions or Flor de Pesadilla, the Nightmare Flower of Buenos Aires, to inflict bad dreams, magical plants like the Selago, or Golden Herb of the Druids, which imparts the language of animals and birds, tree spirits or wood goblins like that of bitabohs and rangas which inhabit the groves of South Sudan, all these and many, many more await you in Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics. Chapters include: Introduction; The World-Trees of the Ancients; The Trees of Paradise and the Tree of Adam; Sacred Plants of the Ancients; Floral Ceremonies, Garlands, and Wreaths; Plants of the Christian Church; Plants of the Fairies and Naiades; Sylvans, Wood Nymphs, and Tree Spirits; Plants of the Devil; Plants of the Witches; Magical Plants; Fabulous, Wondrous, and Miraculous Plants; Plants Connected with Birds and Animals; The Doctrine of Plant Signatures; Plants and the Planets; Plant Symbolism and Language; Funeral Plants; An Encyclopædia of Six Hundred Plants, English and Foreign, Giving Their Myths, Legends, Traditions, Folk-lore, Symbolism, and History.9 1/4" X 6 1/8". xxiv, 610pp, plus errata. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Ex-Powys Library Service, with stamp to copyright, and evidence of label removal from spine. Bound in full green cloth over boards, with "Gathering the Selago" drawn by Louis Absolon stamped in black to upper board—a moonlit scene of a nude maiden discovering a gilt-stamped plant by a stream with two robed and flower-crowned Druids look on—with two vine-strewn cherubs stamped in black to spine, both upper board and spine lettered in black, with author's name in gilt to spine, and "The Passion-flower of the Jesuits" stamped in black to rear board. Moderate wear to binding, with edgewear, scattered rubbing and faint soiling to cloth, and heavy rubbing and small tears, including 1" tear along edge, to head and tail of sunned and faded spine. Lacking front free endpaper, with both inner hinges showing signs of reinforcement with archival adhesive. Some gatherings uneven. Binding remains quite firm and sound. Foxing to preliminaries, with occasional pencilled mark, smudge, or spot of stray foxing throughout. Illustrated throughout in frontispiece and 16 plate and woodcut vignettes, and head and tail pieces. Good. Seller ID: 15800 Subject: Decorative Bindings, Fairy Tales, Mythology, & Folklore, Occult & Esoteric, Science & Nature You are buying from Underground Books, a brick & mortar bookshop specializing in used, rare, antiquarian, and out of print materials. We are a proud member of the Georgia Antiquarian Booksellers Association and the Independent Online Booksellers Association. If you are ever in the West Georgia area, please visit us in Carrollton at Underground Books or in Serenbe at Hills & Hamlets Bookshop. TERMS OF SALE Payment If you win an item in one of our auctions, if your offer has been accepted, or if you have chosen to buy an item now, please make your payment as soon as possible. We will not ship until we receive notice that the buyer has paid for the item. We expect payment within 3 days or reserve the right to cancel the order. 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