Poisonous PlantsABAA
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179457547Prague: Schönfeld 1794. Second Edition. Engraved title vignette 12 engraved plates with contemporary hand coloring. Pp. 4 35. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Disbound. Title leaf closely trimmed at foot with loss of bottom of date. Private library stamp of Hans Ernst von Stockhausen Wuelmersen. Plates interleaved and tipped to later blank leaves at gutter. First gathering loosened a few leaves creased. Very good. Second Edition. Engraved title vignette 12 engraved plates with contemporary hand coloring. Pp. 4 35. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Illustrated handbook of poisonous plants including henbane thorn apple datura water hemlock ergot deadly amanitas false chanterelle etc. With brief account of various incidents of poisoning in Bohemia. The appendix treats subjects such as arsenic rabies suffocation and the purification of long sealed wells upon reopening.<br/>The full page handcolored plates give the German and Czech names for the plants and mushrooms.<br/>Rare and interesting. Not in the relevant bibliographies. Not in OCLC 3 locations only for first ed. Schönfeld unknown books