By George S. V. Wills
London   Simpkin, Marshal, and Co
7.5" by 5" 114pp. [38]
The fourth edition of this scarce illustrated medical work by George S. V. Wills, with numerous colour plates.
By George S. V. Wills

1878 A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

London   Simpkin, Marshal, and Co
7.5" by 5" 114pp. [38]
The fourth edition of this scarce illustrated medical work by George S. V. Wills, with numerous colour plates.
£245.00
: 0.5kgs / : 914Z29

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Colour Plates, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The fourth edition, revised and enlarged. 

Illustrated with a folding colour frontispiece map and twenty-four lithographic coloured plates depicting one hundred and fifty-eight illustrations of various specimens. Collated complete.

This work was written by George S. V. Wills, the director and founder of the 'Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy' in London. The work provides a detailed study of medicinal plants, describing their uses and providing descriptions and illustrations for identification.

In the publisher's original cloth.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth. Externally smart with fading to the spine, bumping and slight marks to the extremities and minor marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with the odd handling mark and the odd spot.

Very Good

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