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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Illustration of Cassia lignea (Malabar or Java Cinamon) p391
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Illustration of Coddam pulli & Carcapuli (The Gamboodge Tree) p392

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descriptions of plates 393-396
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Illustration of Smilax aspera Peruvana (Sarsaparilla of America)

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