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Alliaceae -
Allium sativum From: Medical botany by William Woodville. London, James Phillips, 1793, 1. edition, volume 3, plate 168. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 172 x 227 mm). Text enclosed (last part missing).
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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; Stafleu & Cowan 18.272; Johnston 603. www.meemelink.com · index · Alliaceae |