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Solanaceae -
Capsicum annuum From: Medical botany by William Woodville. London, James Phillips, 1793, 1. edition, volume 3 (plate 144). Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 175 x 226 mm). Part of text enclosed.
€ 90
"William Woodville is noted for his
early advocacy of the theory of vaccination and for these excellent
volumes on Medical Botany" (Hunt). "This work contains systematic
and general descriptions of all the plants in the catalogues of the
materia medica published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and
Edinburgh, and is illustrated with excellent plates drawn and engraved by
James Sowerby" (Henrey). * Pritzel 10.398; Dunthorne 334; Nissen BBI 2183; Great flower books p. 81; Hunt 716; Henrey 1521 & I p. 30. www.meemelink.com | index | Solanaceae |