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MEDICAL FLORA; OR, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL BOTANY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. Containing a selection of above 100 figures and descriptions of medical plants, with their names, qualities, properties, history, &c.: And notes or remarks on nearly 500 equivalent substitutes
by RAFINESQUE, C(onstantine) S(amuel)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor chip here and there; plate 26 with clean horizontal tear with no loss; contents generally clean and binding Fine. Overall
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Atkinson & Alexander (first volume); Samuel C. Atkinson (second volume), 1828 & 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor chip here and there; plate 26 with clean horizontal tear with no loss; contents generally clean and binding Fine. Overall Near Fine. Two duodecimo (4-1/4" x 7-1/4") volumes bound in recent burgundy cloth-backed off-white boards with title information printed in black on both boards and printed white paper spine labels, new endpapers. Illustrated with 100 plates printed in green ink on varying sheet sizes. In this work, of which a projected third volume was never published, Rafinesque attempted to provide a comprehensive guide of native flora for the use of American doctors and pharmacists. Rafinesque made important botanical explorations on his 2,000-mile tour, mostly on foot, to the west of the Alleghenies in 1818. This work includes a number of previously unpublished Native American remedies.
Garrison-Morton 1849; Nissen, Botany 1579; Norman 1774; Pritzel 7401; Sabin 67457.
Garrison-Morton 1849; Nissen, Botany 1579; Norman 1774; Pritzel 7401; Sabin 67457.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019189
- Title
- MEDICAL FLORA; OR, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL BOTANY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. Containing a selection of above 100 figures and descriptions of medical plants, with their names, qualities, properties, history, &c.: And notes or remarks on nearly 500 equivalent substitutes
- Author
- RAFINESQUE, C(onstantine) S(amuel)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor chip here and there; plate 26 with clean horizontal tear with no loss; contents generally clean and binding Fine. Overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Atkinson & Alexander (first volume); Samuel C. Atkinson (second volume)
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1828 & 1830
- Keywords
- 19th Century, Rare, Medicine, Illustrated Books, Botanicals, Americana, Native American, Illustrated Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Medicine; Botanicals;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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