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...

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Description: Tobacco: v. 1, no. 37 and plate 146. Smaller tobacco: v. 2, no. 110 and plate 437. Originally issued in 125 weekly parts, 1737-1739, each comprising leaf of text and 4 plates. Text "chiefly extracted from Mr. Joseph Miller's Botanicum officinale." Engraved throughout. Plates signed: Eliz. Blackwell delin. sculp. et pinx.
Names: Blackwell, Elizabeth, active 1737 (Engraver); Miller, Joseph, 1668 or 1669-1748 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1739 - 1751; Place: London; Publisher: Printed for John Nourse
Library locations: George Arents Collection; Shelf locator: Arents S 0691
Topics: Botany; Botany, Medical; Tobacco -- Therapeutic use; Miller, Joseph. Botanicum officinale
Genres: Botanical illustrations; Books; Prints
Notes: Ownership: Provenance: Earl of Donegall (bookplate); Date: v. 1, 1751
Physical Description: Engravings; Extent: 2 v. 500 col. plates. 48 cm
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPG734437191-B; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10121930; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dc844240-02b2-0136-26c0-792b4842cec8

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