1840 — MEDICAL BOTANY OR HERBAL GUIDE TO HEALTH, W. Simmonite, 1st/1st HERBALISM

  MEDICAL BOTANY OR HERBAL GUIDE TO HEALTH, EXPLAINING THE NATURAL PATHOLOGY OF DISEASE, WITH HUNDREDS OF HERBAL RECIPES, THUS MAKING EVERY MAN HIS OWN PHYSICIAN — by William Joseph Simmonite, Professor of Mathematics, Astronomy, Astro Meteorology, and the Classics; Author of the Astronomical Ephemeres, Published Annually; Also The Meteorologist: Scientific Messenger, Arcana of Nativities; Mathematical Tables for Astro Philosophers; The Self Teaching Grammar, The Manual of Astronomy — 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1840 Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., London (No Date Provided; 1840)An exceedingly rare herbal guide by Dr. William J. Simmonite (1800-1862), a leading herbalist and prominent leader of the Astrology Revival in England during the early to mid-19th century. First edition from 1840 of MEDICAL BOTANY OR HERBAL GUIDE TO HEALTH, EXPLAINING THE NATURAL PATHOLOGY OF DISEASE, WITH HUNDREDS OF HERBAL RECIPES. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for a large chip out o