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First published more than 400 years ago, &quot;The Herbal or General History of Plants&quot; by John Gerard provided a vast storehouse of botanical information. This handsome collection of over 200 beautiful illustrations selected from that famous publication depicts a wide array of those fruits, vegetables, herbs, and garden flowers.<br>Included in the set are: -One CD-ROM containing 214 high-quality, permission free images scanned at 600 dpi and saved in six different formats (TIFF, PICT, EPS, BMP, as well as Internet-ready JPEG and GIF)<br>-A large-format 48-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly and numbered for easy reference<br>Also included on the CD-ROM is Dover Design Manager, a simple graphics editing program for Windows.<br>Ideal for craftwork as well as for use in gardening books, cookbooks, and general-interest publications, these illustrations will also delight any herbal enthusiast.<br>Original Dover (2005) publication.