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A New Family Herbal; or A History & Description of all the British & Foreign Plants which are Useful to Man, either as Food, Medicine, Farming Purposes, or in the Arts and Manufactures, Compiled from the Works of Hill, Woodville, Don, Withering......
by Brook, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
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Datil, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: Published by the Author Hardcover. xxxvi, 439 pages + ad. Good- (minus) condition. "A New Edition" publication date not stated. Size 6.875"x4.5". Purple cloth. The plates, numbering to 30, are not colored, and additionally include the frontis & title page from the Huddersfield edition, the 24 Classes of Linnaus (sic), and 2 anatomical plates. Missing are pp xxvii-xxx, and plates 15, 16, 19, and 20. The missing material appears not to have been bound into this copy. Includes Index of Plants, and Index to Remedies and Medical Preparations. Book's exterior has shelfwear and sunned spine. Bookseller's, previous owner's, and research institute's stamps & labels on front endpapers. Text has moderate foxing and wear. Binding is stressed (not loose) at the interior margins from handling.. Good-.
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- Bookseller
- Florida Mountain Book Co.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009218
- Title
- A New Family Herbal; or A History & Description of all the British & Foreign Plants which are Useful to Man, either as Food, Medicine, Farming Purposes, or in the Arts and Manufactures, Compiled from the Works of Hill, Woodville, Don, Withering......
- Author
- Brook, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by the Author
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HERBS HERBAL ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE MEDICINAL FOLK REMEDIES MEDICAL BOTANY BOTANICAL ART MATERIA MEDICA
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About the Seller
Florida Mountain Book Co.
Biblio member since 2004
Datil, New Mexico
About Florida Mountain Book Co.
The Florida Mountains are located in southwestern New Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Parsons family, proprietors of Florida Mountain Book Company, have been in the book business since 1996. Formerly the owners & operators of Readers' Cove Bookstore in Deming, New Mexico, beginning in May of 2012, we are now exclusively based on the internet.
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