Culpeper's Complete Herbal, to which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind

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1822, in attractive modern half calf over red marbled boards, some gilt tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt titles to green calf label. Internally, portrait frontis, [3], (iv-vi), [1], 2-398 pp, [4] index, 40 pls (hand coloured), the portrait frontis, 1 text leaf torn & mostly lost p141/2, 1 plate with diagonal tear pl38, text in double columns, modern end pages, ink name to tp (Nancy Jones), originally published in London, 1652, & titled: The English physitian. Apart from the 2 mention fault its a very good example. Title continues: to which are now first annexed his English physician enlarged, and key to physic, with rules for compounding medicine according to the true system of nature, forming a complete family dispensatory, and natural system of physic : to which is also added upwards of fifty choice receipts, selected from the author's last legacy to his wife, embellished with engravings of upwards of four hundred different plants with other subjects to illustrate the work.