Leclair's General Store
Purging Flax, Plate #368, From Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal'
Purging Flax, Plate #368, From Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal'
Regular price
$200.00 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$200.00 USD
Unit price
per
Couldn't load pickup availability
Purging Flax, Plate #368, From Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal'. This is a hand-colored engraving, on woven paper. This is a hand-colored engraving on watermarked "I TAYLOR" paper. Circa 1770-1790.
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was a Scottish botanical illustrator, engraver and author. Blackwell's work, “A Curious Herbal containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick, to which is added a short description of ye plants and their common uses in physick” (1739) was the the first known herbal produced by a woman. It was a success upon publication and was praised by physicians and apothecaries of the mid-late 18th century.
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was a Scottish botanical illustrator, engraver and author. Blackwell's work, “A Curious Herbal containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick, to which is added a short description of ye plants and their common uses in physick” (1739) was the the first known herbal produced by a woman. It was a success upon publication and was praised by physicians and apothecaries of the mid-late 18th century.
