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.

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Title 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.
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Signed Author By Elizabeth Blackwell.
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Date of Publication 1739
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Originally published in weekly instalments.
A reissue of the 1737 edition with the imprint to vol.I re-engraved; vol.II has the same titlepage as the 1737 edition, with the imprint: "London printed for Samuel Harding .. 1737".
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Blackwell, Elizabeth. 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.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 23939, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/23939. Accessed 2024-11-24. 

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