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The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Healing Remedies
by C Norman Shealy
To meet public’s demands for more and better information on alternative therapies, Element is adding a new volume to its popular illustrated health reference library.The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies provides a chapter on each of the eight major alternative therapies: ayurveda, aromatherapy, flower essences, Chinese herbal medicine, herbal medicine, vitamins and minerals, homeopathy and folk remedies. Written by experts in each field, this full-color illustrated book explains everything...
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The Native American Herbalist's Bible 1 the Forgotten Art Of the Ancestors Of Medicine
by Linda Osceola Naranjo
Herbal Medicine Books & Ephemera
Aloe Africana caulescens folus glaucis caulem amplectentibus latioribus et undiquaque spinosis; N. 49 Aloe Perfoliata
by WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Regensburg: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer. unbound. Botanical. Color mezzotint with hand coloring. Page measures 16.25" x 10.5".<br/> <br/> Rare depiction of the aloe plant in a vessel from the four-volume study of flowers and plants, "Phytanthoza Iconographia" edited by Johann Weinmann between 1737 and 1745. Both accurate and beautiful, these prints were the first botanical color mezzotints, a revolutionary method that allowed for subtlety and detail. Weinmann (1683-1741)...
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Aloe Africana caulescens folus glaucis caulem amplectentibus dorso parte superiore Spinosis; N. 48
by WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Regensburg: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer. unbound. Botanical. Color mezzotint with hand coloring. Page measures 16.25" x 10.5".<br/> <br/> Striking depiction of the aloe plant in a vessel from the four-volume study of flowers and plants, "Phytanthoza Iconographia" edited by Johann Weinmann between 1737 and 1745. Both accurate and beautiful, these prints were the first botanical color mezzotints, a revolutionary method that allowed for subtlety and detail. Weinmann...
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Herbal
by Krutch, Joseph Wood
London: Phaidon Press, 1976. Well illustrated with large full-page woodcuts (from Mattioli's "Dioscorides" of 1563 and 1565), quarto, pp 255, paperback, a gift inscription on the half-title, covers very slightly worn and creased, otherwise a good clean copy. . Paperback. Good.
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NZ$15.97
Aloe Africana folio in summitate triangulari verrucis al bis notatis; N. 59 Aloe disticha
by WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Regensburg: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer. unbound. Botanical. Color mezzotint with hand coloring. Page measures 16.25" x 10.5".<br/> <br/> Striking depiction of the aloe plant in a decorative vessel from the four-volume study of flowers and plants, "Phytanthoza Iconographia" edited by Johann Weinmann between 1737 and 1745. Both accurate and beautiful, these prints were the first botanical color mezzotints, a revolutionary method that allowed for subtlety and detail....
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NZ$680.88
A Garden Of Herbs
by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
Hale, Cushman & Flint, Boston . New York, 1936. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: black and white illustrations and drawings. as can be seen in the attached image the dust jacket is missing parts at the top and bottom of the spine and left hand side of the front panel. The book itself, apart from some moisture marks to the cloth on the rear panel, shows no damage, and has no annotations I can find. Illustrated with some historical drawings. There is a list of...
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NZ$33.41
Herbs for Health and Beauty
by Genders, Roy
London: Robert Hale & Company, 1975. Illustrated with line drawings by Marjorie Blamey, octavo, pp 255, fore-edge slightly thumbed, otherwise clean internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn and chipped, and with a corner missing from its rear cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and torn. Illus. by Marjorie Blamey.
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NZ$8.52
Aloe perfoliata humilis, Aloe, Aloe pumila; N. 73
by WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Regensburg: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer. unbound. Botanical. Color mezzotint with hand coloring. Page measures 16.25" x 10.5".<br/> <br/> Lovely depiction of an two varieties of succulents in a decorative vessel from the four-volume study of flowers and plants, "Phytanthoza Iconographia" edited by Johann Weinmann between 1737 and 1745. Both accurate and beautiful, these prints were the first botanical color mezzotints, a revolutionary method that allowed for subtlety and...
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Handbook of Chinese Herbs (Chinese Materia Medica)
by Him-che Yeung
The second more superior edition of this title. White and green paper wraps with title on spine and front cover. Crease marks to spine and to lower right front cover (see image). Occasional highlighting. Pen mark to lower edge. No previous owner's names or other markings.
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NZ$212.78
Georg Rumpf
by UNKNOWN
F. Halma. unbound. very good(+). Portrait. Engraving. Image measures 13.75" x 9".<br/><br/> Portrait of Georg Eberhard Rumpf (1627-1702), 18th century. Rumpf was a German born botanist, naturalist and author. He was employed by the Dutch East India Company which sent him to present day Indonesia to catalog exotic botany. Rumpf is known for his "Herbarium Amboinense" which lists over 1200 species of exotica. The naturalist overcame myriad hardships including fires that...
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The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirvrgerie Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson Citizen and Apothecarye of London
by Gerard, John
London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1633. Second Edition. Full calf. Good +. Christophe Plantin. 2°, 34cm.; ¶8 (Missing A1, blank), ¶¶-¶¶¶6, A-B8, C-6V6, 6X4, 6Y6-7B6 (missing final blank), 859 leaves, pp. [38] 2-1630 [50] [leaves 35-36 misnumbered]. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bumped and worn through. Pages generally clean, title page ever so slightly chipped around edges with light soiling. 2 bookplates on fr. pastedown. This 2nd edition was commissioned...
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Icones et Descriptiones Rariorum Plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae, & Italiae
by BOCCONE, Paolo
Oxford: Sheldoniano, 1674. hardcover. very good(+). 52 fine copper engravings showing numerous plants and flowers, engraved pictorial title depicting the Sheldonian Theatre. 4to, expertly recased, full brown calf (some scratches on the covers), red leather label. Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1674.<br/><br/> A beautiful copy of this fine herbal by the Italian botanist Paolo Boccone (1633-1704). The author was born in Palermo and developed an interest in Natural History and botany at a young...
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![[HERBAL] THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES. GATHERED BY JOHN GERARDE OF LONDON MASTER IN CHYRURGERIE Very Much Enlarged and Ammended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/741/905/274905741.0.b.jpg)
[HERBAL] THE HERBALL OR GENERALL HISTORIE OF PLANTES. GATHERED BY JOHN GERARDE OF LONDON MASTER IN CHYRURGERIE Very Much Enlarged and Ammended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London
by GERARDE [GERARD], John
London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636. Third Edition. Hardcover. Original front blank endpaper replaced. Tasteful bookplate of Roger Gates on the front pastedown. Minor loss to the lower blank outside corner of the first dozen or so pages, not close to the text; title page with small repairs. Some old dampstaining, mostly marginal and mostly rather faint. Nice, clean copy of this important book. First published in 1597, this is the second edition edited by Thomas Johnson (a reprint...
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Alternatives in Healing: An Open-Minded Approach to Finding the Best Treatment for Your Health Problems
by Robinson, Fran (Editor); Mills, Simon (Consultant Editor)
London: Grange Books. 1988. Small Quarto Size [approx 19cm x 27cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 240 pages. Explains, compares, contrasts and assesses six of the most popular alternative approaches to treatment including Acupuncture, Chiropractic Therapy, Homeopathy, Medical herbalism, Osteopathy with Naturopathy, western medicine. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$16.69
Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes
by GERARD, John
London: Edm. Bollifant for Bonham and John Norton, 1597. Full Description: GERARD, John. The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie. London: [Edm. Bollifant for Bonham and] John Norton, 1597. First edition. Folio. (12 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 315 x 210 mm). [20], 1392, [34 index] pp. Engraved title-page by William Rogers with woodcut arms verso. Engraved portrait of Gerard by Rogers. With more than 2,000 woodcut illustrations of plants in the...
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NZ$5,957.70
Aloe Africana caulescens folus magis glaucis, caulelm amplectentibus; N. 46
by WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Regensburg: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer. unbound. Botanical. Color mezzotint with hand coloring. Page measures 16.25" x 10.5".<br/> <br/> Unusual depiction of the aloe plant in a vessel from the four-volume study of flowers and plants, "Phytanthoza Iconographia" edited by Johann Weinmann between 1737 and 1745. Both accurate and beautiful, these prints were the first botanical color mezzotints, a revolutionary method that allowed for subtlety and detail. Weinmann...
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![[Plate 52] The British Herbal](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/435/748/1465748435.0.b.jpg)
[Plate 52] The British Herbal
by HILL, John; ROBERTS, H
London: T. Osborn & J. Shipton, 1756. unbound. Original botanical print. Engraving with hand coloring. Plate measures 14 5/8" x 9"<br> Engraved by H. Roberts. London: T. Osborn & J. Shipton, 1756.<br/> <br/> A plate of 19 plants, including deadnettle, basil, horehound, motherwort, allheal, ivy, and calamint. From 'The British Herbal: An history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for Beauty.' <br> <br> John Hill...
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NZ$170.22
Theatrum botanicum the theater of plants or An herball of large extent Containing therein a more ample and exact history and declaration of the physicall herbs and plants distributed into sundry classes or tribes, for the more easie knowledge of the many
by Parkinson, John
London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. First edition. Large thick folio, title page, dedication page, preface two pages, author's tributes ten pages, then (ii), 1734 (but actually slightly less as there are several errors of pagination), illustrated with over 2,100 woodcut figures, lacking the extra engraved title page, the 20-page addenda at the rear and the errata leaf, but otherwise complete and very sound. The contents are extremely clean and tight, there is the odd crease and an occasional tiny corner...
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NZ$7,985.63
![Pinus Picea [Silver Fir Tree]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/046/650/1399650046.0.b.jpg)
Pinus Picea [Silver Fir Tree]
by James Sowerby
Original hand-colored copper-plate engraving, this being plate 3 from William Woodville's Medical Botany. Common name of plant added in elegant 19th century script to top of page. No other names or markings. Full title: "Medical botany containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates, of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh...." Light image transfer from...
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Compendium e Plantis omnibus, vnà cum earum iconibus, de quibus scripsit suis in commentariis in Dioscoridem editis, in eorum studiosorum commodum, atque vsum; qui Plantis conquirendis, ac indagandis student. Accessit Præterea Ad Calcem Opusculum
by Matthioli, Petri Andreae [Matthiolus]
Venetiis (Venice): In Officina Valgrisiana, 1571. Illustrated with many hundreds of half-page woodcuts. pp (14), 922, (13), the title page is laid down and has slight losses, the next leaf is restored at the corner with no loss of text, the preliminary index is a bit thumbed and marked, a little marginal staining to the last hundred pages, a little marginal staining and marking on occasional pages, but overall very firm and tight and in better condition than many copies. There are very neat early...
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NZ$3,726.63
Pharmaceutical Formulas P.F. Vol. II : being The Chemist's Recipe Book of formulas for adhesives, beverages, cleaning materials, culinary and household requisites, horticultural and agricultural preparations, inks, lozenges, perfumes, photographic prepara
London: Offices of The Chemist and Druggust, 1946. Tenth edition, reprinted. Small octavo, pp xvi, 983, a few turned corners, very slightly weak internally, otherwise clean, blue cloth slightly rubbed. . Cloth. Good.
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NZ$42.59
I discorsi.... nelli sei libri di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo della materia Medicinale, hora di nuovo dal suo istesso autore ricorretti, & in piu di mille luoghi aumentati
by Matthioli, A.. Mattioli Pietro Andrea
Venice: Heredi di Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1573. Large thick quarto, title page with woodcut device, pp (172), 971, (i), (11), illustrated with many hundreds of woodcuts of plants and animals, the title page has a very old paper repair where a name had been excised, worm hole affects the lower margin of fourteen pages of the preliminaries, without loss of text, ten pages of the preliminaries have a very old neat paper restoration, very occasional age-spotting and foxing, some occasional browning due to paper...
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NZ$6,282.03
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants - a book of valuable information for growers as well as collectors of medicinal roots, barks, leaves et.
by HardIng, A.R
Columbus, Ohio: Emporium Publications, 1972. Illustrated with black and white photographs, small thick octavo, pp 367, edges slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, covers slightly worn. [Originally published in 1908.]. Paperback. Good.
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NZ$21.30
British Herbs and Vegetables
by Taylor, George M
London: Collins, 1947. Well illustrated from historical sources, large slim octavo, pp 48, endpapers unevenly age-toned, two inscriptions on the front endpaper, otherwise a clean copy internally, pictorial boards just slightly worn, the dustwrapper is a little worn and creased and rather age-toned.. First Edition. Boards. Fine/Very Slightly Worn.
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NZ$8.52
![Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness [Comunn Gaidhlig Inbhir-nis] Volume XXXIX/XL (1942-1950)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/356/132/1254132356.0.b.jpg)
Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness [Comunn Gaidhlig Inbhir-nis] Volume XXXIX/XL (1942-1950)
Printed for the Society, 1963. Frontispiece, small octavo, pp xx, 349, (one gathering of the preliminaries loose), extremely clean internally, standard green cloth, slightly bowed but otherwise very good. [Includes "Medicine Among the Gaelic Celts", and "Glenelg: Notes for a Parish History".]. Cloth. Good.
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NZ$19.17
Aloe vera vulgaris. Aloe hepatique; N. 43
by WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm
Regensburg: H. Lentz and H.G. Neubauer. unbound. Botanical. Color mezzotint with hand coloring. Page measures 16.25" x 10.5".<br/> <br/> Beautiful depiction of the aloe plant in an urn from the four-volume study of flowers and plants, "Phytanthoza Iconographia" edited by Johann Weinmann between 1737 and 1745. Both accurate and beautiful, these prints were the first botanical color mezzotints, a revolutionary method that allowed for subtlety and detail. Weinmann...
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