Botanologia, the English herbal, or, History of plants : containing ... their names ... , species ... , descriptions ... , places of growth ... , times of flowering and seeding ... , qualities ... , specifications ... , preparations ... , virtues ... , a complete florilegium ... , adorned with exquisite icons or figures ... The whole in alphabetical order

Title Variants

Alternative: Botanologia, the English herbal, or history of plants, adorn'd with figures
Alternative: English herbal
Alternative: History of plants

By

Salmon, William, 1644-1713

Dawks, Ichabod, 1661-1730 , printer
Rhodes, Henry, bookseller, , engraver
Taylor, John (Bookseller), , bookseller
Dawks, I.
Rhodes, H.
Taylor, John (Bookseller),

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed by I. Dawks, for H. Rhodes ... and J. Taylor, 1710

Notes

Added engraved title page included in foliation.

Added engraved title page signed: E. Knight delin, M. Vdr. Gucht sculps.

Added engraved title page with title: Botanologia, the English herbal, or history of plants, adorn'd with figures.

Signatures: [A]⁴, a-c⁴, B-8G⁴, 8H².

Title printed in red and black; text printed in double columns.

Woodcut botanical illustrations throughout text.

Title p. in red & black.

Added engraved t.p.

Some woodcuts col. in c.1

Includes indexes.

Contents: (from t.p.) I. Their names, Greek, Latine and English -- II. Their species, or various kinds -- III. Their descriptions -- IV. Their places of growth -- V. Their times of flowering and seeding -- VI. Their qualities or properties -- VII. Their specifications -- VIII. Their preparations, Galenick and chymick -- IX. Their virtues and uses -- X. A complete florilegium, of all the choice flowers cultivated by our florists interspersed through the whole work, in their proper places : where you have their culture, choice, increase, and way of management, as well for profit as delectation.

ESTC (RLIN) | T83065

Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit., | 1308

Pritzel (2nd) | 8018

Hunt botanical cat. | 426

Subjects

18th century , Botany , Botany, Medical , Early works to 1800 , England , Engravings , Hand coloring , Herbals , Materia medica, Vegetable , Medicinal plants , Plants , Pre-Linnean works , Signatures (Medicine) , Woodcuts

BHL Collections

Missouri Botanical Garden's Materia Medica

Call Number

RS81.S24 1710 [#864]

Classification

580

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7127
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/05036046
NAL: 452.2 Sa3
NLM: WZ 260 S174b 1710 OVR
OCLC: 14307756