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 Hypericum (St. John's Wort) p15
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Illustration of Digitalis (Fox Glove) p16

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decriptions of plates 17-20 (plate 20 missing)
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Illustration of Absinthum vulgare (Wormwood) p17

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