A curious herbal, : containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life. / By Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick. Vol: I
Creator
Blackwell, Elizabeth, active 1737, author
Contributor
Blackwell, Elizabeth, active 1737, artist Nourse, J. (John), -1780, bookseller
Engraved throughout. With an index to each volume. Originally published in weekly installments. A reissue of the 1737 edition with the imprints re-engraved and volume statements in roman numerals. Make-up of the preliminaries varies. Engraved illustrations signed "Eliz. Blackwell delin. sculp. et pinx." Illustrations and leaves with explanatory text numbered separately; preliminaries and indexes unnumbered. Volume 1. Huntington Library copy has the plates colored. Binding: mottled calf.
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