1799 - The English Physician; Enlarged WIth Three Hundred and Sixty Nine Medicines Made of English Herbs,(Dried Pressed Leaves in Spine)

By Nicholas Culpepper

Published 1799
Printed For The Booksellers/ London

Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) was an English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer best known for his influential work The English Physician (later known as Culpeper’s Complete Herbal). He sought to make medical knowledge more accessible to ordinary people, challenging the exclusivity of trained physicians by translating Latin medical texts into English.

Culpeper believed in the connection between herbal medicine and astrology, assigning planetary influences to plants and using astrological principles to guide treatments. His Complete Herbal remains one of the most famous herbal medicine books, detailing the medicinal properties of hundreds of plants.

Despite facing criticism from the medical establishment, Culpeper’s approach was groundbreaking, advocating for affordable, nature-based remedies rather than expensive treatments from apothecaries. His legacy continues to influence herbalism, alternative medicine, and botanical studies today.

Hardcover. Full rebound leather with added marigold leaves to spine. Green label with yellow lettering/detail. Raised bands. 347pp. 

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Condition: Good++ to Very Good

Size: 4 1/4” x 6 3/4”