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Thornton, Robert John

A New Family Herbal; or Popular Account of the Nature and Properties of the Various Plants used in Medicine, Diet and the Arts

1810

296,10 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Dettagli

Anno di pubblicazione
1810
Luogo di stampa
London. Richard Phillips
Autore
Thornton, Robert John
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Nature - Botany Herbals
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

thick 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xvi, 901, [i, publisher's ads] pp, 283 wood engravings, engraved by Thomas Bewick. orig marbled boards with later leather spine, gilt-ruled and gilt spine title lettering, lightly rubbed, armorial engraved bookplate of P. C. D. Mundy, light stain in outer corner of last 10 leaves else a clean and crisp copy, fine in handsome binding, w. The book is notable for its Bewick wood engravings and, of course, for its author who wrote several books on related topics including the famous Temple of Flora. A rich source work with much on coffee, tea, Peruvian bark (cinchona for malaria treatment), poppies, and hundreds of others, each entry with description, illustration, history, preparations or uses, etc. This copy without the usual browning and foxing. Nissen 1954. Pritzel 9238. Plesch 743.