The Medical Botanist and Expositor of Diseases and Remedies. In Two Volumes. Volume First- In Six Parts. First Edition.

"The Medical Botanist and Expositor of Diseases and Remedies." In Two Volumes. Volume First- In Six Parts. First Edition.

"The Medical Botanist and Expositor of Diseases and Remedies" by Daniel J. Cobb, published in 1846, is an early American work combining botanical knowledge with the study of diseases and their remedies. This First Edition, Volume I of two, is presented in six parts and offers an interesting glimpse into 19th-century approaches to medicinal plants, botanical remedies, and the treatment of disease.

12mo. (4" x 6.5"), 255 pp. + errata. 1846, Castile, N.Y. : Daniel J. Cobb: Full tan speckled calf. Spine with six gilt-rule bands and gilt lettering to black leather in the second compartment. All edges lightly speckled brown.

The binding has virtually no edgewear. The upper joint is starting at the foot. There are spots of foxing throughout, heavier toward the front and rear of the text. A prior owner's name is neatly written in old ink on the first free endpaper.

First Edition, Volume I only of two. An appealing early American medical-botanical volume with a handsome period calf binding.