PRELOVED Culpeper's Complete Herbal & English Physician - Culpeper

This is a secondhand book! It has been read!
The condition is very good for a book published in 1981. There is a little bit of yellowing on the edge of the pages. The outer spine on the dust jacket faded slightly.

For more than 360 years, Nicholas Culpeper’s historic guide to herbal remedies has been the definitive book on the subject. Culpeper, an English herbalist, is the author of the bestselling herbal guide of all time. He offered valuable and sometimes unusual advice on using, gathering, and preparing herbs.

"This work was first published by Culpeper with Peter Cole under the title of 'The English Physician: enlarged with 369 medicines made of English Herbs.'

This edition is a true facsimile of the 1826 edition of this famous work. It contains information on how to preserve one's health and cure common ailments by the use of herbs easily available.
The herbs and their uses are presented in alphabetical order, and are illustrated with 200 hand-coloured drawings which are exquisitely reproduced. There follows an explanation of the temperaments of the herbs, directions for making syrups and ointments, a separate discussion of herbal medicines and their appliances, Culpeper's selected aphorisms and recipes, plus an addenda of additional herbs.

The illustrations are truely beautiful!