Author: ELIZABETH. BLACKWELL

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-24

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781385583937

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T083979 With an index to each volume. Originally published in weekly instalments. Titlepage of vol.I printed from the copper-plate used in the 1751 edition, that in vol.II from the 1737 edition; both titlepages with a new imprint. Make-up of the preliminaries London: printed for C. Nourse, 1782. 2v., plates; 2°

Download or read book A Curious Herbal, Containing Five Hundred Cuts, of the Most Useful Plants, Which Are Now Used in the Practice of Physick. Engraved on Folio Copper Plates, After Drawings Taken from the Life. by Elizabeth Blackwell. of 2; Volume 1 written by ELIZABETH. BLACKWELL and published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T083979 With an index to each volume. Originally published in weekly instalments. Titlepage of vol.I printed from the copper-plate used in the 1751 edition, that in vol.II from the 1737 edition; both titlepages with a new imprint. Make-up of the preliminaries London: printed for C. Nourse, 1782. 2v., plates; 2°