Herbals
Here are entered manuals describing useful plants, primarily those used for medicinal purposes.
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Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, or, An Herball of Large Extent (London: Printed by T. Cotes, 1640), by John Parkinson (page images at HathiTrust)- Voynich manuscript
- The Vertuose Boke of Distyllacyon of the Waters of All Maner of Herbes (London: L. Andrewe, ca. 1530), by Hieronymus Brunschwig, trans. by Laurence Andrew (multiple formats at archive.org)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Botany -- Pre-Linnean works- Nova Plantarum Genera Iuxta Tournefortii Methodum Disposita (in Latin; Florence: Typ. B. Paperinii, 1729), by Pier Antonio Micheli (page images at HathiTrust)
- Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, or, An Herball of Large Extent (London: Printed by T. Cotes, 1640), by John Parkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Anatomy of Plants: With an Idea of the Philosophical History of Plants, and Several Other Lectures Read Before the Royal Society (Printed by W. Rawlins for the author, 1682), by Nehemiah Grew (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Comparative Anatomy of Trunks, Together With an Account of Their Vegetation Grounded Thereupon (London: Printed by J. M. for W. Kettilby, 1675), by Nehemiah Grew (page images in France)
- An Idea of a Phytological History Propounded, Together With a Continuation of the Anatomy of Vegetables, Particularly Prosecuted Upon Roots (London: Printed by J. M. for R. Chiswell, 1673), by Nehemiah Grew (page images in France)
- The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants (London: Printed for H. Bonwicke, 1694), by John Pechey
- The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants (second edition; London: Printed for R. and T. Bonwicke, 1707), by John Pechey
- A Garden of Herbs (London and Boston: P. L. Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1921), by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
- Seasoning Secrets: Herbs and Spices (c1949), by Carson Gulley (page images at Wisconsin)
- Magic Gardens: A Modern Chronicle of Herbs and Savory Seeds (New York: Macmillan, 1939), by Rosetta E. Clarkson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Green Enchantment: The Magic Spell of Gardens (New York: Macmillan, 1940), by Rosetta E. Clarkson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants (London: Printed for H. Bonwicke, 1694), by John Pechey
- Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets (Brooklyn: Pub. by the Women's Auxiliary, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1937), by John Evelyn, contrib. by Helen Morgenthau Fox (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants (second edition; London: Printed for R. and T. Bonwicke, 1707), by John Pechey
- The Book of Herbs (London and New York: J. Lane, 1903), by Rosalind Northcote
- Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects (second edition; Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2011), ed. by Iris F. F. Benzie and Sissi Wachtel-Galor (illustrated HTML at NIH)
- Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects (second edition; Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2011), ed. by Iris F. F. Benzie and Sissi Wachtel-Galor (illustrated HTML at NIH)
- The Complete Herbal, by Nicholas Culpeper (HTML at Bibliomania)
- A Curious Herbal, Containing Five Hundred Cuts, of the Most Useful Plants, Which are Now Used in the Practice of Physick (2 volumes; London: Printed for Samuel Harding (v1) and John Nourse (v2), 1737-1739), by Elizabeth Blackwell (page images at illustratedgarden.org)
- The Cherokee Physician: or, Indian Guide to Health (Asheville, NC: Edney and Dedman, 1849), by Richard Foreman, contrib. by Jas. W. Mahoney
- The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants (second edition; London: Printed for R. and T. Bonwicke, 1707), by John Pechey
- Hypericum and Depression, by Harold H. Bloomfield, Mikael Nordfors, and Peter McWilliams (HTML at hypericum.com)
- Tesoro de Medicinas para Diversas Enfermedades (in Spanish; third printing; Madrid: Imprenta de Musica, 1708), by Gregorio López, contrib. by Mathias de Salazar Mariaca and Joseph Diaz Brizuela
- Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value: Found Among the Mountains and Elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, and Known to the Hawaiians to Possess Curative and Palliative Properties Most Effective in Removing Physical Ailments (Honolulu: Board of Health of the Territory of Hawaii, 1922), ed. by D. M. Kaaiakamanu and J. K. Akina, trans. by Akaiko Akana (page images at HathiTrust)
- Herbal Dietary Supplements: Examples of Deceptive or Questionable Marketing Practices and Potentially Dangerous Advice (Washington: United States Government Accountability Office, 2010), by Gregory D. Kutz (PDF with commentary at gao.gov)
- Ellingwood's Therapeutist, ed. by Finley Ellingwood (partial serial archives)
- American Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to the American Plants Used as Homoeopathic Remedies: Their History, Preparation, Chemistry and Physiological Effects (New York and Philadelphia: Boericke and Tafel, c1887), by Charles Frederick Millspaugh (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Magic Gardens: A Modern Chronicle of Herbs and Savory Seeds (New York: Macmillan, 1939), by Rosetta E. Clarkson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Seasoning Secrets: Herbs and Spices (c1949), by Carson Gulley (page images at Wisconsin)
- Magic Gardens: A Modern Chronicle of Herbs and Savory Seeds (New York: Macmillan, 1939), by Rosetta E. Clarkson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Old-Time Herbs for Northern Gardens (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1938), by Minnie Watson Kamm (page images at HathiTrust)
- Green Enchantment: The Magic Spell of Gardens (New York: Macmillan, 1940), by Rosetta E. Clarkson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Complete Herbal, by Nicholas Culpeper (HTML at Bibliomania)
- Plantas Medicinales de Yucatán y Guía Medica Práctica Doméstica (text and atlas volumes, in Spanish; Mérida, MX: Imp. de la Loteria del Estado, 1913), by Benjamin Cuevas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Dissertation on the Nature and Effects of a New Vegetable Remedy, an Acknowledged Specific in All Venereal Scorbutic and Scrophulous Cases, as Published By Authority of His Britanick Majesty's Royal Letter Patent, Granted to J. Burrows, M.D. in the Year 1765 (third edition; London: Printed for the author, 1780), by John Burrows (page images at NIH)
- The English Physitian: or an Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of This Nation (London: P. Cole, 1652), by Nicholas Culpeper (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Les Plantes Médicinales de la Guinée (in French; Paris: A. Challamel, 1912), by Henri Pobéguin
- Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value: Found Among the Mountains and Elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, and Known to the Hawaiians to Possess Curative and Palliative Properties Most Effective in Removing Physical Ailments (Honolulu: Board of Health of the Territory of Hawaii, 1922), ed. by D. M. Kaaiakamanu and J. K. Akina, trans. by Akaiko Akana (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lekovite Sirovine (partial serial archives)
- American Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to the American Plants Used as Homoeopathic Remedies: Their History, Preparation, Chemistry and Physiological Effects (New York and Philadelphia: Boericke and Tafel, c1887), by Charles Frederick Millspaugh (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Curious Herbal, Containing Five Hundred Cuts, of the Most Useful Plants, Which are Now Used in the Practice of Physick (2 volumes; London: Printed for Samuel Harding (v1) and John Nourse (v2), 1737-1739), by Elizabeth Blackwell (page images at illustratedgarden.org)
- American Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to the American Plants Used as Homoeopathic Remedies: Their History, Preparation, Chemistry and Physiological Effects (New York and Philadelphia: Boericke and Tafel, c1887), by Charles Frederick Millspaugh (multiple formats at archive.org)
- American Medical Botany: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States, Containing Their Botanical History and Chemical Analysis, and Properties and Uses In Medicine, Diet and the Arts, With Coloured Engravings (3 volumes; Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1817-1820), by Jacob Bigelow
- Patterns of Life Force: A Review of the Life and Work of Dr Edward Bach and His Discovery of the Bach Flower Remedies (1987), by Julian Barnard (frame-dependent HTML at edwardbach.org)
- History of the Vegetable Drugs of the Pharmacopeia of the United States (1911), by John Uri Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
- The American Dispensatory (fifth edition; Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys and Co., 1859), by John King
- Collections for an Essay Towards a Materia Medica of the United States: Read Before the Philadelphia Medical Society, on the Twenty-First of February, 1798 (Philadelphia: Printed for the author by Way and Groff, 1798), by Benjamin Smith Barton (HTML at Evans TCP)
- The Complete Herbal, by Nicholas Culpeper (HTML at Bibliomania)
- New Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia and Posology (New York: W. Radde, 1850), by Charles J. Hempel
- New Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia and Posology (London: J. Leath, 1850), by Charles J. Hempel (page images at HathiTrust)
- Discussions Between Several Members of the Regular Medical Faculty, and the Thomsonian Botanic Physicians, on the Comparative Merits of Their Respective Systems (Columbus, OH: Printed by J. Phillips, 1836), by Alva Curtis
- Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value: Found Among the Mountains and Elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, and Known to the Hawaiians to Possess Curative and Palliative Properties Most Effective in Removing Physical Ailments (Honolulu: Board of Health of the Territory of Hawaii, 1922), ed. by D. M. Kaaiakamanu and J. K. Akina, trans. by Akaiko Akana (page images at HathiTrust)
- Traité des Simples (Arabic passages with French translation and commentary; 3 parts (Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale t. 23, 25, and 26); Paris: Imp. Nationale, 1877-1883), by 'Abd Allāh ibn Aḥmad Ibn al-Bayṭār, ed. by Lucien Leclerc (page images at HathiTrust)
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