A Family Herbal: Or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants Also Their Uses in Dying, and the Various Arts, Arranged According to the Linnaean System
by Thornton, Robert John M.D
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About This Item
London: for B. And R. Crosby and Co, 1814. Octavo. 2nd edition considerably enlarged and improved. one volume in two. Engraved portrait frontispiece 480 through 902pp [1]pp. table and [13]pp. general index(though it is paginated [899]-901) Volume two contains the half-title. Contains 258 hand-colored engravings by Henderson and engraved by Bewick, bound in contemporary 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards, spines elaborately gilt lettered and decorated, outer joints appear to have been strengthened at some point, corners rounded, internally clean and bright with the exception of the index which has browning. A handsome copy.
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- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
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- 021552
- Title
- A Family Herbal: Or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants Also Their Uses in Dying, and the Various Arts, Arranged According to the Linnaean System
- Author
- Thornton, Robert John M.D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- for B. And R. Crosby and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1814
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Botanicals Thomas Bewick Hand Colored Plates Herbal Herbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical; Natural History;
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...