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 Trifolium palustre (Bog bean) p474
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Illustration of Scordium (Scordium or Water Germander) p475

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Illustration of Carduus benedictus (Carduus or the Bessed Thistle) p476
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descriptions of plates 477-480

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