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Genre/Form: | Early works Early works to 1800 Ouvrages avant 1800 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Timothy Sheldrake; Cornelius Heinrich Hemmerich; James Basire; John Millan |
OCLC Number: | 316692910 |
Notes: | "English plants are drawn from nature to the greatest accuracy, flowers, or parts, too small to be distinguished, are magnified." "Designed to promote botanical knowledge, prevent mistakes in the use of simples in compounding and preparing medicines, to illustrate and render such herbals as want the just representations in their proper figures and colours more useful. Necessary to such as practice physic, pharmacy, chemistry, &c., entertaining to the curious, the divine and philosopher, in contemplating these wonderful productions, useful to painters, herbals, carver, designers, gardeners, &c." Presumed date of publication based on publication dates of books advertised on title page. Plates arranged alphabetically in order of English names, numbered 1-73, 73*, 74-117; drawn by Sheldrake and engraved by C.H. Hemerich, J. Basire, and J. Basire, Junr. |
Description: | [2] p., [118] leaves of plates, folded table : col. ill. ; 44 cm (fol.) |
Other Titles: | Herbal of medicinal plants on the College of Physicians list Gardener's best companion in a green-house, or, Tables shewing the greatest heat and cold of all countries from which exotic plants are brought ... |
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