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 2 of 2

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descriptions of plates 385-388
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Illustration of Cardamomum majus, minus et maximum vel Grana Paradisi (The greater & lesser Cardamoms & Grains of Paradyce) p385

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Illustration of Balanus Myrepsica (The Ben Nut or oily Acorn) p386
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Illustration of Areca (Indian Nut) p387

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