De plantis
- Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de, 1656-1708.
- Date:
- c. 1725
- Reference:
- MS.4826
- Part of:
- Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (1656-1708); Chirac, Pierre (1650-1732); and others
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Description
De plantis [Incomplete]. The MS. contains a systematic description of plants, as classified by Tournefort, with his numeration added. Special note is made of the medicinal uses of each, quoted mainly from Boerhaave, and Samuel Dale's 'Pharmacologia' [first published in 1693]. The latest entry is 'Arum. T. 158.'
Publication/Creation
c. 1725
Physical description
1 volume 250 ll. (last bl.). 4to. 23 × 18 cm. Original quarter-calf binding. T.p. and preliminary leaves wanting.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1916.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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- 38832