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WOODVILLE, William

Medical Botany, containing Systematic and General Descriptions, with Plates, of all the Medicinal Plants, Indigenous and Exotic, Comprehended in the Catalogues of the Materia Medica, as Published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh
London
James Phillips
1790/94
€600 - €800

4 vol. in-4to (23.2 x 18 cm), 274 handcoloured engraved plates, contemporary brown calf bindings, morocco lettering pieces, spins and corners worn, joints split or broken

FIRST EDITION, first issue. Containing plates by James Sowerby, of medicinal plants, by W. Woodwille (1752-1805), the prominent botanist and physician. His interest in botany existed alongside his medical career: he became a member of the Linnaean Society in 1791. This is his most prominent work.
Ref. Dunthorne 334; Great Flower Books, p. 81; Nissen BBI 2183; Stafleu TL2 18.272

Botany