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The useful family herbal, or, An account of all those English plants, which are remarkable for their virtues. Title page
The useful 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 : illustrated with figures of the most useful English plants : with an introduction .. and an appendix containing a proposal for the farther seeking into the virtues of English herbs, and the manner of doing it with ease and safety : the whole intended for the use of families, and for the instruction of those who are desirous of relieving the distressed sick / by John Hill.
Second
London: Printed for W. Johnston and W. Owen, 1755.
liv, 404 p.:$b ill, pls.; $c 21 cm.
Bound in leather, gilt borders.
Front cover detached; with label of "E. W. Stubbs chemist and druggist Hastings, England," on verso of front free endpaper. With "John Sharp / Charlwood / Surrey / 1794" and "John Dumsday / His Book / Bexhill / Sussex / Bought 1806" on front, paste-down endpaper. With "Sury Cramp / August 20, 1830" and "Elizabeth Wade White / Middlebury, Connecticut, U.S.A. / Bought August 10, 1929," on front, free endpaper.
Includes appendix.
With i-viii plates, vignettes, and decorative initials.
Non-circulating.
This item is owned by The Herb Society of America and is stored at the Warren H. Corning Library at the Holden Arboretum.
The useful family herbal, or, An account of all those English plants, which are remarkable for their virtues. Title page
The useful family herbal, or, An account of all those English plants, which are remarkable for their virtues :and of the drugs, which are produced by vegetables of other countries : with their descriptions, and their uses, as proved by experience : illustrated with figures of the most useful English plants : with an introduction .. and an appendix containing a proposal for the farther seeking into the virtues of English herbs, and the manner of doing it with ease and safety : the whole intended for the use of families, and for the instruction of those who are desirous of relieving the distressed sick / by John Hill.
Second
London: Printed for W. Johnston and W. Owen, 1755.
liv, 404 p.:$b ill, pls.; $c 21 cm.
Bound in leather, gilt borders.
Front cover detached; with label of "E. W. Stubbs chemist and druggist Hastings, England," on verso of front free endpaper. With "John Sharp / Charlwood / Surrey / 1794" and "John Dumsday / His Book / Bexhill / Sussex / Bought 1806" on front, paste-down endpaper. With "Sury Cramp / August 20, 1830" and "Elizabeth Wade White / Middlebury, Connecticut, U.S.A. / Bought August 10, 1929," on front, free endpaper.
Includes appendix.
With i-viii plates, vignettes, and decorative initials.
Non-circulating.
This item is owned by The Herb Society of America and is stored at the Warren H. Corning Library at the Holden Arboretum.