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Culpeper's Complete Herbal and English PhysicianLondon, Harvey Sales. 1981, First Thus. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Publishers original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, faint sunning to spine, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. Frontis: b/w plate of Mr. Nicholas Culpeper. 240pp including index, illustrated with 200 magnificent hand-coloured drawings which are exquisitely reproduced. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. This work was first published by Culpeper with Peter Cole under the title of The English Physician: enlarged with 369 medicines made of English Herbs. This edition is a true facsimile of the 1826 edition of this famous work. It contains information on how to preserve one's health and cure common ailments by the use of herbs easily available. The herbs and their uses are presented in alphabetical order. There follows an explanation of the temperaments of the herbs, directions for making syrups and ointments, a separate discussion of herbal medicines and their applications, Culpeper's selected aphorisms and recipes, plus an addenda of additional herbs. For the lover of beautiful books, for collectors, for naturalists and gardeners, and most importantly for those who are interested in natural medicines, lotions and ointments, this is an indispensable reference book to herbs and their uses. A magnificent collectors copy. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine.
Offered for AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 23.91 by: Eccleston Books & Curios - Book number: 003590
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