TY - BOOK TI - Botanicum medicinale : an herbal of medicinal plants on the College of Physicians list : describing their places of growth, roots, bark, leaves, buds, time of flowering, blossoms, flowers, stiles, chives, embrio's, fruits, farina, colours, seeds, kernels, seed-vessels, parts used in medicine, preparations in the shops, medicinal virtues, names in nine languages : most beautifully engraved on 118 large folio copper-plates from the exquisite drawings of the late ingenious T. Sheldrake ; ... To which is now added, his tables for finding the heat and cold in all climates that exotic plants may be raised in summer and preserved in winter UR - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/229337 PB - Printed for J. Millan, opposite the Admiralty, Whitehall CY - London PY - 1768 N1 - "English plants are drawn from nature to the greatest accuracy, flowers, or parts, too small to be distinguished, are magnified ..." --- "Designed to promote botanical knowledge, prevent mistakes in the use of simples in compounding and preparing medicines, to illustrate and render such herbals as want the just representations in their proper figures and colours more useful. Necessary to such as practice physic, pharmacy, chemistry, &c., entertaining to the curious, the divine and philosopher, in contemplating these wonderful productions, useful to painters, herbals, carver, designers, gardeners, &c. ..." --- Presumed date of publication based on publication dates of books advertised on title page. --- Plates arranged alphabetically in order of English names, numbered 1-73, 73*, 74-117; drawn by Sheldrake and engraved by C.H. Hemerich, J. Basire, and J. Basire, Junr. --- English short title catalogue, | T81691 --- Henrey, B. British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800, | 1313 AU - Sheldrake, Timothy, AU - Hemmerich, Cornelius Heinrich, AU - Basire, James, AU - Millan, John, KW - Botany, Medical KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Herbals KW - Identification KW - Medicinal plants ER -