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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descriptions of plates (45-48 plate 46 missing)
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Illustration of Rubus or Rubus vulgaris (Bramble or Blackberry Bush) p45

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Illustration of Marum Syriacum (Maurum or Syrian mastic Thyme) p47
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Illustration of Becalunga (Brooklime Anagalis aquatica) p48

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