A curious herbal
Subtitle: containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick : engraved on folio copper plates after drawings taken from the life
By: by Elizabeth Blackwell ; to which is added a short description of ye plants and their common uses in physick
Series: Eighteenth century collections online
Publisher: Printed by Samuel Harding in St. Martin's-Lane
Published: 1737
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Medical Botany; Early works to 1800; Botany; Pictorial works
Notes: Published in weekly numbers between July 1737 and late 1738/early 1739, cf. Henrey.

Variant issue has imprint of Nourse and publication date of 1739 on vol. 2 title page, cf. Johnston.

Pagination: vol. 1: [4], 13, [1], 14-25, [1], 26-38, [1], 39-50, [1], 51-63, [2] leaves, 252 leaves of plates; vol. 2: [2] p., 64-125, [2] leaves, 253-500 leaves of plates.

Some copies have "Publick recommendation" engraved on verso of title pages, cf. Henrey.

500 etched and engraved plates, with one engraved leaf of descriptive text preceding each group of 4 plates; vol. 1 has dedication leaves interleaved with text and plates.

Some copies have leaves of letterpress replacing engraved leaves of text numbered 1-28, cf. Johnston.

Issued with hand-colored plates, cf. Johnston.

Includes index.

Johnston, S.H. Cleveland collections, 386

Henrey, B. British botanical lit., 450

Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit., 545

Harvard. Arnold Arboretum Library cat., p. 86

Dunthorne, 42

English Short Title Catalog, T83977.

Johnston, S.H. Cleveland herbal, botanical, and horticultural collections, 386

Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, 510

Henrey, B. British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800, 450

Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), 545

Gift; Francis Skinner; Dedham; 1909 January.

Includes English and Latin indexes and plant names in English, Greek, Latin, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Dutch.