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HILL, John. The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty, London: for T. Osborne and J. Shipton and others, 1756. 2 volumes, 2°, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, dedication with engraved headpiece, 75 engraved plates in volume II (?lacks all before first plate, occasional light spots), contemporary calf-backed boards, spines with raised bands with red morocco labels (rubbed, a little worn), front free endpapers of plate volume with explanatory annotation. FIRST EDITION. Nissen BBI 881.
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