MBG Rare Books: Structure of 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.

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. Volume 1 of 2

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Illustration of Convolvulus major albus or Smilax laevis (Great White Bindweed) p38
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Illustration of Aparine (Clivers or Goose Grass) p39

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Illustration of Triticum & Triticum aristatum (Wheat & Bearded Wheat) p40
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decsriptions of plates 41-44

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