Full title: Botanicum medicinale; or An herbal of medicinal plants on the list of the College of Physicians : describing their the place of growth, roots, leaves, flowers, time of flowering, fruits, seed-vessels, seeds, ripening their fruit, colours, parts used in medicine, preparations in the shops. Together with the medicinal virtues, and their names in nine languages / by T. Sheldrake.

Author/creator: Basire, James, 1730-1802, Hemerich, C. H, Millan, John, -1782, T. Osborne and J. Shipton (Firm), Sheldrake, Timothy, -1770.

Date: [1755?]..

Call Numbers: Q581.63/S

Record Identifier: 74VKwB7dWGNb

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: [2] p., [400] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.

Publishers: [London] : Proposals are delivered and subscriptions taken by the author ... And by Messieurs Osborne and Shipton ... Millan ... Manby ... Brotherton ... Owen ... Shropshire ... A. Linde ... and other booksellers in town and country., [1755?].

Notes: Plates drawn by Sheldrake and engraved by C.H. Hemerich and J. Basire. Presumed date of publication from Henrey. 'This work will consist of about 400 folio copper-plates ... Three plates making one number ... This work ... will be delivered weekly, without intermission, every Thursday to the subscribers within the bills of mortality' -- Conditions on wrapper. Mitchell copy has bookplate: Sir John Deas Thomson. Mitchell copy lacks some plates ; final numbered plate is 116. Mitchell copy lacks t.p.

Citation / references note: Henrey, 1312.

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MMS ID: 991018492189702626