Compleat herbal; or, The botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort chief botanist to the late French king. Carefully translated from the original Latin. With large additions from Ray, Gerarde, Parkinson, and others, the most celebrated moderns. To which are added, two alphabetical indexes; one, containing the names, the other, the physical vertues and uses of the several plants. Illustrated with about five hundred copper plates, containing above four thousand different figures, all curiously engr

Published in parts from 1716. The titlepage to vol. 1 is dated 1719, that to vol.2 bears the imprint printed for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke, S. Birt, T. Ward and E. Wicksteed, 1730. Translated by John Martyn. LC copy has ownership inscription of "Saml. David Downing 1841" in...

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Summary:Published in parts from 1716. The titlepage to vol. 1 is dated 1719, that to vol.2 bears the imprint printed for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke, S. Birt, T. Ward and E. Wicksteed, 1730. Translated by John Martyn. LC copy has ownership inscription of "Saml. David Downing 1841" inside front cover and on front fly leaf. ESTC T121704 LAC scc 2018-11-15 update (1 card)