The American Herbal, or Materia Medica. Wherein the Virtues of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Productions of North and South America are Laid Open, so Far as They are Known; and Their Uses in the Practice of Physic and Surgery Exhibited. . . . ORIGINAL BOARDS. UNTRIMMED.

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360 pp. Original boards. Boards slightly stained. Text browned and foxed. Piece torn from vertical margin of 71/72, with loss of a few letters. Piece torn from top margin of 179/180, with loss of part of page number on verso. Piece torn from top margin of 263/264, with loss of part of page number on recto. A few ink corrections in text. Untrimmed. Very Good. First Edition. Austin 1818. Garrison-Morton 1838.2: "The first herbal both produced and printed in the United States, as opposed to those which were reprints of European works. Includes information on American Indian remedies." Stearns's herbal "treats of our American productions only, and gives no general account of those found in other parts of the world, unless some of the same are produced here" (Preface, p. 17). Stearns calculated that he had traveled within the United States 11,607 miles by land and 11,578 miles by water, in the preparation of his herbal. Norman 2008. N° de ref. del artículo 14807

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