Lot 169

Lot 169

[Natural History] Stearns, Samuel. The American Herbal, or Materia Medica... First Edition

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[Natural History] Stearns, Samuel. The American Herbal, or Materia Medica. Wherein the Virtues of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Productions of North and South America are laid open...

Walpole (New Hampshire): David Carlisle for Thomas & Thomas and the Author, 1801. First edition. 12mo. 360 pp. Contemporary brown sheep, black morocco spine label, boards and joints lightly worn; all edges trimmed; scattered light foxing; book-plate of J. Whitelaw of Ryegate mounted on front paste-down. Sabin 90959; Howes S911; Norman 2008

Scarce copy of "the first herbal both produced and printed in the United States, as opposed to those which were reprints of European works. Stearns's homely remedies sometimes strayed beyond the boundaries of herbal medicine…The work also includes information on American Indian remedies." (Norman)

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

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