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Title
Water betony or figwort
Names
Blackwell, Elizabeth, active 1737 (Engraver)
Miller, Joseph, 1668 or 1669-1748 (Author)
Collection

A curious herbal: containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick. Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life. By Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick

Volume One

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1751
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for John Nourse
Library locations
George Arents Collection
Shelf locator: Arents S 0691
Topics
Botany
Botany, Medical
Genres
Botanical illustrations
Prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG734437191-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10121930
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f1af9cd0-594c-0137-d98d-036d459d7225
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1751: Issued
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "Water betony or figwort" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1751. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0aea8680-fcde-0136-08a6-77b428e68124

Chicago/Turabian Format

George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. "Water betony or figwort" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 7, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0aea8680-fcde-0136-08a6-77b428e68124

APA Format

George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. (1751). Water betony or figwort Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0aea8680-fcde-0136-08a6-77b428e68124

Wikipedia Citation

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Water betony or figwort