Hill, John

1714?-1775.

[Useful family herbal].

The Family Herbal, or, An Account of All Those English Plants, Which are Remarkable for Their Virtues, and of the Drugs Which are Produced by Vegetables of Other Countries: With Their Descriptions and Their Uses, as Proved by Experience.

Bungay: Printed and published by C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1808 or 1809?. First edition published 1754 under title: The Useful Family Herbal; subsequent eds, in 1770, 1789, and "about 1809."--Cf.Hunt 551. Plates 19 and 20: Published by Brightly Bungay 1808. Some plates inserted in reverse order, e.g. 12, 11; 20, 19.

This work contains fifty-four hand colored plates picturing medicinal herbs from England and other countries.

Subjects: Herbal medicines; Vegetables; Herbs.

PAT-54


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