A family herbal: . or familiar account of the medical properties of British and foreign plants, also their uses in dying, and the various arts, arranged according to the Linnaean system, and illustrated by two hundred and fifty-eight engravings from plants drawn from nature by Henderson, and engraved by Bewick of Newcastle. Second edition, considerably enlarged and improved, by Robert John Thornton, M.D. [...].
Robert John Thornton (1768-1837)
Category
Books
Date
1814
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3064131
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxviii, ix-xvi, 902p. [2], p.889-902 . ill.. (woodcuts) . 8vo.. Lacks the half-title and stipple-engraved portrait of author usually inserted. On title page in ink: 'Missionary deputations 1021'. Woodcuts hand-coloured.. Provenance: Bookplate: The Bewick Collection of S. Roscoe. Binding: contemporary tree-calf binding, rebacked with speckled calf, gilt label on spine.
Makers and roles
Robert John Thornton (1768-1837) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)