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

by William Paul Crillon Barton

$3,750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Original red morocco-backed paper boards, spine ruled and lettered gilt, bookplates and contemporary inscriptions to pastedowns, blind stamps to title pages An important and rare American flora medica in an original, unrestored binding from the most important American botanist of his day: a classic of American botany and of early colour-plate books. Barton describes his plan for the present work in his Preliminary Observations: The author of the following pages

• Binding: Leather

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