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Woodville,W. Medical Botany, containing systematic...

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Woodville,W. Medical Botany, containing systematic and general descriptions with plates of all the medical plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica,... London 1790-93. 4°. With 209 (instead of 210; without pl. 83) num. and col. Copperplate. Softcover d. With rebound boards. (worn and rubbed, partly damaged). Nissen, BBI 2183, Pritzel 10398, first edition. - All engravings by the English naturalist and illustrator James Sowerby (1757-1822). The beautiful plates in delicate coloring show many of the plants in their inflorescence. Without suppl. vol. Browned and stained in places (some stronger).