Vegetable materia medica of the United States; or Medical botany : containing a botanical, general, and medical history, of medicinal plants indigenous to the United States. Illustrated by coloured engravings, made after original drawings from nature /


Autoria(s): Barton, William P. C. (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856.
Cobertura

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Data(s)

31/12/1969

Resumo

"To subscribers" (note concerning errata in v. 1): l leaf, inserted at end of v. 2.

"Subscribers' names": v. 2, p. [241]-243.

Plates hand-colored by the author with the assistance of others.

A third volume continuing this work, advertised in 1820 as "shortly to [be] put to press," was apparently never published.

Issued in parts. The "eighth and last number" was scheduled for publication in March 1819, according to the "Preliminary observations" for v. 2, dated Dec. 3, 1818.

Vol. 2 has imprint: Philadelphia, Published by M. Carey & Son; Joseph R. A. Skerrett, printer, 1818.

Includes bibliographical references for each plant and "the chemical analysis, when any has been made."

Mode of access: Internet.

Formato

bib

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044107262925

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Philadelphia : Printed and published by M. Carey & Son,

Direitos

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Palavras-Chave #Medicinal plants
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