1812 1st ed Family Herbal by John Hill Medicine Botany Illustrated PLANTS Herbs
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1812 1 st ed Family Herbal by John Hill Medicine Botany Illustrated PLANTS Herbs54 Color Illustrated Plates / compare@$1,444! + NoReserveJohn Hill called because of his Swedish honours, "Sir" John Hill, was an English author and botanist. He contributed to contemporary periodicals and was awarded the title of Sir in recognition of his illustrated botanical compendium The Vegetable System.An incredible medical and botany work filled with 54 colored plates! A masterpiece!We find this same first edition for sale elsewhere for $1,444!Main author : John HillTitle : The Family Herbal, or an Account of all those English Plants, which are Remarkable for their Virtues, and of the Drugs which are Produced by Vegetables of other Countries; with their Descriptions and their Uses, as Proved by Experience. Also directions for the gathering and preserving roots, herbs, flowers, and seeds; the various methods of preserving these simples for present use; receipts for making distilled waters, conserves, syrups, electuaries, juleps, draughts, &c. &c. with necessary cautions in giving them. Intended for the use of families. By Sir John Mill, M.D. F.R.A. of Sciences at Bourdeaux. Embellished with Fifty-four coloured plates.Published : Bungay : Printed and published by C. Brightly and Co. Published also by T. Kinnersley, [1812].Language : EnglishNotes
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