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Compleat herbal

Title:Compleat herbal
Alternate title:The compleat herbal, or, The botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort, chief botanist of the late French king : carefully translated from the original Latin : with large additions from Ray, Gerarde, Parkinson, and others, the most celebrated moderns : to which are added, two alphabetical indexes : one, containing the names, the other the physical virtues and uses of the several plants : illustrated with about five hundred copper plates, containing above four thousand different figures, all curiously engraven : a work highly instructive, and of general use : with a short account of the life and writings of the author.
Alternate title:Botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort
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Note:Printed for R. Bonwicke, Tim. Goodwin, John Walthoe, S. Wotton, Sam. Manship, Rich. Wilkin, Benj. Tooke, Ralph Smith and Tho. Ward, and are to be sold by J. Morphew, near Stationers Hall, 1719
  
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Subject:Botanical illustration -- Early works to 1800
Subject:Botany -- Pre-Linnean works
Subject:Engraving -- England -- 18th century
Subject:Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Herbals
Subject:Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Popular works
Subject:Herbals -- England -- 18th century
Subject:Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800
Subject:Plants -- Herbals
Subject:Plants -- Popular works
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