A New Family Herbal: Or, Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants Used in Medicine, Diet and the Arts. The Plants Drawn from Nature |
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| Title | A New Family Herbal: Or, Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants Used in Medicine, Diet and the Arts. The Plants Drawn from Nature |
| Author | Robert John Thornton |
| Illustrated by | Thomas Bewick |
| Publisher | Richard Phillips, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 May 2008 |
| Length | 901 pages |
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