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Blackwell's Curious Herbal

Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal is notable both for its beautiful illustrations and for the unusual circumstances of its creation. A herbal contains illustrations and descriptions of plants, their medicinal preparations, and the ailments for which they are used. The first herbal was written by the Greek physician Dioscorides in the first century AD. -далее 42 страницы с иллюстрациями

The Herbal was issued in weekly parts between 1737 and 1739, each part containing four illustrated plates and a page of text. It was highly praised by leading physicians and apothecaries (makers and sellers of medicines), and made enough money to secure her husband's freedom.


Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal
Title page 1



Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal
Title page 2



Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal
Female Peony



Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal
Dandelion



Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal
Red Poppy



Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal
Iris



Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal
Clove July-Flower



Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal



Blackwell's Herbal
Blackwell's Herbal
Damask Rose


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