ELIZABETH BLACKWELL. A CURIOUS HERBAL - 12 PLATES ONLY. 1737

ELIZABETH BLACKWELL. A CURIOUS HERBAL...

A collection of 12 hand-coloured copperplates from this magnificent herbal, a couple of plates with small loss to edges not affecting images, page size 415 x 270mm., [for Samuel Harding], [1737-39]

*** The first herbal published by a woman. "Elizabeth Blackwell prepared A Curious Herbal, at the suggestion of Hans Sloane, as a means of getting her husband, Dr. Alexander Blackwell, out of debtor's prison. [...]