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... Author: Thornton, Robert John Place: London Publisher: B. and R. Crosby and Co. Date: 1814 Description: xvi, 901 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and engravings throughout. (8vo) 21x12 cm (8¼x5"), later half green morocco and marbled boards, black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Second Edition. Enlarged, second edition of Thornton's Herbal. Each plant with accompanying illustration engraved by Bewick of Newcastle. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing to binding, top board loose but holding, bottom joint and hinges cracked; early ownership stamp on title page, scattered foxing; good. Item number: 299128
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... Author: Thornton, Robert John Place: London Publisher: B. and R. Crosby and Co. Date: 1814 Description: xvi, 901 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and engravings throughout. (8vo) 21x12 cm (8¼x5"), later half green morocco and marbled boards, black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Second Edition. Enlarged, second edition of Thornton's Herbal. Each plant with accompanying illustration engraved by Bewick of Newcastle. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing to binding, top board loose but holding, bottom joint and hinges cracked; early ownership stamp on title page, scattered foxing; good. Item number: 299128
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