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A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America
by Johnson, Laurence
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oneonta, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Wood & Co., 1884. This antique volume features color plates and information about the use of plants in medicine. Dr. Laurence Johnson's work is part of Wood's Library of Standard Medical Authors, and features the author's own drawings and photographs, as well as many other figures. The volume is bound in buff-colored boards, with black cover lettering and decoration, and gilt spine lettering with black decorations. Overall a clean copy in Good condition. Minor wear to cover edges. Owner's bookplate on front inner board. Mild spotting to foredge. Inner pages clean. Nine full-color chromolithographs of plants illustrate this volume, in addition to numerous black-and-white figures interspersed throughout the text. Dr. Johnson provides a detailed botanical overview of North American plants and their medicinal properties, as well as a general introduction to botanical science for a medical audience. 292 pages, including index; approx. 6"x9".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Popeks Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 800650
- Title
- A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America
- Author
- Johnson, Laurence
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Wood & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- Medical, Illustrated, Antiquarian, Plants, Botany, Natural History, Science
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Popeks Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2003
Oneonta, New York
About Popeks Books, IOBA
Store located at 356 Main Street in Otego, NY
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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