MBG Rare Books: Structure of A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick : engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life / by Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants and their common uses in physick.

A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick : engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life / by Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants and their common uses in physick. Volume 2 of 2

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Illustration of Cinara vel Scolymus (Artichoke) p458
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Illustration of Thapsia (Deadly Carrot) p459

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Illustration of Coronopus (Buck's horn Plantain) p460
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descriptions of plates 461-464

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