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The Family Herbal, or an Account of All Those English Plants, which are Remarkable for their Virtues, and of the Drugs which are produced by Vegetables of other Countries; with their Descriptions and Their Uses, as proved by experience, embellished with Fifty-Four Coloured Plates
by Hill, John
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About This Item
Bungay: C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1808.
1808 FAMILY HERBAL BY ENGLISH PHYSICIAN BOTANIST WITH 54 FINE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS OF PLANTS.
8 1/4 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 calf binding with marbled boards, gilt lines to spine, gilt black leather title to spine, signature of Rd Clatterbuck, Colchester on front paste-down, Partial ink inscribed list of contents on front endpaper, title page with no date, but plate facing page 137 engraved, "Publd. by Brightly Bungay 1808", xl, 376 pp, 54 finely colored engraved plates containing multiple plants. Corners bumped, wear to covers, light foxing to first and last pages, binding tight, text unmarked, scattered pressed flowers inserted between pages, overall very good. In custom archival mylar cover.
JOHN HILL (1714 – 1775), called because of his Swedish honors, "Sir" John Hill, was an English author and botanist. He was apprenticed to an apothecary and on the completion of his apprenticeship he set up in a small shop in St Martin's Lane, Westminster. He had a medical degree from Edinburgh, making considerable sums by the preparation of dubious herb and vegetable medicines.
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- Title
- The Family Herbal, or an Account of All Those English Plants, which are Remarkable for their Virtues, and of the Drugs which are produced by Vegetables of other Countries; with their Descriptions and Their Uses, as proved by experience, embellished with Fifty-Four Coloured Plates
- Author
- Hill, John
- Format/Binding
- 3/4 leather binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley
- Place of Publication
- Bungay
- Date Published
- 1808
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- botany; plates; England; medicine; alternative medicine
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North Garden, Virginia
About Biomed Rare Books
I established BioMed Rare Books in 2015 as an internet-based bookshop specializing in rare and antiquarian books and papers in medicine and the life sciences. I have been collecting and studying printed works in these fields for many years, an activity that has enhanced and informed my practice of medicine and my own biological research.
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