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Lot 238
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
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Lot Description
[HERBALS & MATERIA MEDICA]. A group of 8 works, comprising:
SALMON, William. Doron Medicum. L: T. Dawks et al, 1683. Contemporary calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. -- BOERHAAVE, Hermann. Libellus de Materie Medica. Leiden: 1740. Later quarter morocco. Third edition. -- LINDLEY, John. Flora Medica. L: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838. -- THOMSON, Samuel. The Thomsonian Materia Medica. Albany: Printed by J. Munsell, 1841. Later quarter cloth. Twelfth edition. -- WOODWARD, Marcus. Gerard’s Herball. L: Gerald Howe, 1927. -- MATTESON, Antonette, Mrs. The Occult Family Physician and Botanic Guide to Health. Buffalo, NY: By the Author, 1894. FIRST EDITION. -- [Another copy]. -- [MANUSCRIPT]. “A Niewe? Herball, of Historie of Plants.” L: Hesperidum Horti, 1578. 924pp. (interspersed pages 184pp. manuscript, 18pp. blank, 722pp. from “The Historie of Plants”), manuscript title-page in black and red. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, some illustrated, most contemporary calf, or original cloth or leather, condition generally good.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil



