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

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  • by William P.C. Barton ; illustrated by coloured engravings, made after original drawings from nature, done by the author.
  • Barton, William P. C. (William Paul Crillon), 1786-1856
  • Philadelphia : M. Carey & Son, 1817-1818.
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    Call Number
    RS171 .B37 1817
    Summary
    v.2
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    Call Number
    RS171 .B37 1817 v.2
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    Item Note
    Library of Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble. Autograph of C.P.C. on t.p. Printed on leaf following t.p.: "To Samuel Ewing ... this volume is inscribed by the author."

    Rare Book Collection (Wilson Library) — Health Sciences History

    Call Number
    QV 770 AA1 B2938v v.1
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    Description:
    2 volumes : color illustrations ; 29 cm
    Variant Title:
    Spine title: Barton's medical botany
    Published:
    Philadelphia : M. Carey & Son, 1817-1818.
    Language:
    English
    Notes:
    Vol. 2 has imprint: Philadelphia : M. Carey & Son, 1818 ([Philadelphia] : Joseph R.A. Skerrett).
    50 leaves of plates (some folded).
    Issued in parts. The "eighth and last number" was scheduled for publication in March 1819, according to the "Preliminary observations" for v. 2, p. xv, dated Dec. 3, 1818.
    A third volume continuing this work, advertised in 1820, was apparently never published.
    Plates hand-colored by the author with the assistance of others.
    Most of the plates are engraved by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co., with a few in v. 1 by J. Boyd and J.G. Warnicke.
    "Subscribers' names": v. 2, p. [241]-243.
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Local Notes:
    Source of acquisition: Presented by Thos. F. Wood, M.D., The Wood Collection (Gift : Health Sciences Library, c. 1)
    OCLC Number:
    4442648

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