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4to (28cm), frontispiece + title page + v + dedication page + 398pp + [iv] index pages + [iv] adv. pp. 20 full-page colour plates, all present, each with 9 hand-coloured engravings. Rebound in light brown half calf, gilt lettering and tooling to spine; blue, gold and white marbling to boards. Flyleaves, frontispiece, title page and rear advertisment pages all heavily foxed but text is still legible, bulk of text with light occasional foxing.A 19th-century unspecified edition of this classic work, dated 1848. The renowned herbalist and astrologer Nicholas Culpeper (1616 - 1664), one of the most (in)famous proponents of herbal treatment, intended this work for commoners, hence how he came to be known as "The People's Herbalist". An audacious character with a strong dislike for authority, Culpeper was initially commissioned to translate into English the ''Pharmocopoeia Londinensis'', the text which all pharmacists were legally required to own and consult since Henry VIII took away the Church's power to… Read More
