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Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: Or, History of Plants Containing 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.
London: Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes and J. Taylor, 1710.
[vi], xxiv, 1296, [48]. Well illustrated.
Condition: general soiling and browning in parts, wormed throughout, heavier towards the middle of the work for fifty leaves or so. Folio, full calf, re-backed. 400mm x 260mm.
William Salmon, M.D. (1644-1712) published various works on medicine, astrology, and other subjects. His Herbal was intended for the use of "Physicians, Chyrurgians, and Apothecaries" (Preface). This herbal includes the first known reference of the tomato's cultivation in North America, when Salmon mentions his travels in what is now the Carolinas.
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