1358573 VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE UNITED STATES; OR MEDICAL BOTANY: CONTAINING A BOTANICAL GENERAL, AND MEDICAL HISTORY, OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, MADE AFTER. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM NATURE, DONE BY THE AUTHOR. William C. Barton.
VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE UNITED STATES; OR MEDICAL BOTANY: CONTAINING A BOTANICAL GENERAL, AND MEDICAL HISTORY, OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, MADE AFTER. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM NATURE, DONE BY THE AUTHOR
VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE UNITED STATES; OR MEDICAL BOTANY: CONTAINING A BOTANICAL GENERAL, AND MEDICAL HISTORY, OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, MADE AFTER. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM NATURE, DONE BY THE AUTHOR
VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE UNITED STATES; OR MEDICAL BOTANY: CONTAINING A BOTANICAL GENERAL, AND MEDICAL HISTORY, OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, MADE AFTER. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM NATURE, DONE BY THE AUTHOR
VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE UNITED STATES; OR MEDICAL BOTANY: CONTAINING A BOTANICAL GENERAL, AND MEDICAL HISTORY, OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, MADE AFTER. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM NATURE, DONE BY THE AUTHOR
VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE UNITED STATES; OR MEDICAL BOTANY: CONTAINING A BOTANICAL GENERAL, AND MEDICAL HISTORY, OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, MADE AFTER. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM NATURE, DONE BY THE AUTHOR

VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA OF THE UNITED STATES; OR MEDICAL BOTANY: CONTAINING A BOTANICAL GENERAL, AND MEDICAL HISTORY, OF MEDICINAL PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, MADE AFTER. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM NATURE, DONE BY THE AUTHOR

Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817. Quartos, [2], vii-xv, 17-273 with plates (Vol. 1); [2], vii-xvi, 9-239 with plates (Vol. 2). Good+; bound in contemporary marbled paper and leather, with slight cracks to hinges, and wear and chipping to spine edges and corners; spine label missing from Vol. 2; bindings tight; text blocks age-toned; some light foxing and age-toning to pages throughout and archival tape repair to Vol. 2, page 73; 24 plates present and intact in Vol. 1 as called for; 26 plates, including one folding plate, present and intact in Vol. 2 as called for, some with light offsetting to facing pages; ex-library copy with usual markings, including a bookplate to front pastedown, institutional stamps to several pages, embossed stamps, and call number written in pencil; MF consignment.

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The botanical plates in this two-volume work are exquisite. The engravings are artistic yet accurate, highly detailed with crisp lines and meticulous coloration that remains vibrant and bright even 200+ years after publication.

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