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Leguminosae - Haematoxylum campechianum From: Medical botany by William Woodville. London, James Phillips, 1790, 1. edition, volume 1 (plate 17). Engraving (sheet 160 x 213 mm). Text enclosed.
€ 30
"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 | Leguminosae |