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Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) wrote his herbal in English for ordinary households, and he gave nearly every plant a ruling planet. This plate comes from the 1792 London edition, “medicinally and astrologically arranged, after the manner of Culpeper” by the physician Joshua Hamilton, who enlarged it with several hundred plants taken mainly from Sir John Hill. We have had it matted and framed.
The plate shows three dandelions side by side, each with its Latin and English name: Common Dandelion (Leontodon Taraxacum), Rough Dandelion (Leontodon Hispidum) and Branchy Dandelion (Leontodon autumnale). The book's entry says plainly that "this plant is governed by Jupiter in the sign Aries." Yet the same volume opens with Dr. Blagrave's introduction, which argues that Dandelion is "by my rules under Venus, but by some authors appropriated to Jupiter," and tells the reader how to gather it so as to get the influence of both planets. The herbal disagrees with itself, and it prints both answers.
The entry praises Dandelion for cleansing the reins and bladder and in fevers, and adds that "the young herb makes a wholesome spring sallad, eaten raw with oil and vinegar."
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616–1654), and Joshua HAMILTON. Culpeper's English Family Physician; or, Medical Herbal Enlarged, with Several Hundred Additional Plants, Principally from Sir John Hill... Medicinally and Astrologically Arranged, after the Manner of Culpeper. London: Printed for W. Locke, 1792. Volume 1. A single engraved plate, Leontodon, illustrating pp. 270–271.
Physical Description: A single uncolored engraved plate from an octavo volume, 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.). Captioned "Leontodon" at the head, with the three plants numbered and named in Latin and English.
Framing: Window-mounted under a white archival mat within a linen-covered liner and a thin wood fillet, in a deep molded wood frame with a beaded inner edge, the outer molding in a warm reddish-brown and the inner in near-black, under glass. The frame measures 15.5 x 17.5 inches.
Condition: Spotting and browning to the paper; edges chipped and uneven, the inner (gutter) edge ragged. All four edges of the plate show within the mat window.
About our leaves. We sell leaves only from books that came to us already incomplete or damaged beyond reasonable restoration. We never break a complete copy. Each source book is an edition that survives in multiple copies in public collections. Anything of evidential value, such as a notable binding, an inscription or annotations, stays intact. We record the whole copy before it is dispersed. Where there is any doubt whether a book meets these standards, we consult an outside senior bookseller or conservator before proceeding. Source of this leaf: Nicholas Culpeper and Joshua Hamilton, Culpeper's English Family Physician, vol. 1, London: W. Locke, 1792 (ESTC T136362), an odd first volume without its second, disbound with the binding split and heavily foxed.
Shipping: Included in the price within the US. Framed pieces ship double-boxed and padded, with the glass protected, separately from our sleeved leaves.
The price includes shipping within the US.
Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) wrote his herbal in English for ordinary households, and he gave nearly every plant a ruling planet. This plate comes from the 1792 London edition, “medicinally and astrologically arranged, after the manner of Culpeper” by the physician Joshua Hamilton, who enlarged it with several hundred plants taken mainly from Sir John Hill. We have had it matted and framed.
The plate shows three dandelions side by side, each with its Latin and English name: Common Dandelion (Leontodon Taraxacum), Rough Dandelion (Leontodon Hispidum) and Branchy Dandelion (Leontodon autumnale). The book's entry says plainly that "this plant is governed by Jupiter in the sign Aries." Yet the same volume opens with Dr. Blagrave's introduction, which argues that Dandelion is "by my rules under Venus, but by some authors appropriated to Jupiter," and tells the reader how to gather it so as to get the influence of both planets. The herbal disagrees with itself, and it prints both answers.
The entry praises Dandelion for cleansing the reins and bladder and in fevers, and adds that "the young herb makes a wholesome spring sallad, eaten raw with oil and vinegar."
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616–1654), and Joshua HAMILTON. Culpeper's English Family Physician; or, Medical Herbal Enlarged, with Several Hundred Additional Plants, Principally from Sir John Hill... Medicinally and Astrologically Arranged, after the Manner of Culpeper. London: Printed for W. Locke, 1792. Volume 1. A single engraved plate, Leontodon, illustrating pp. 270–271.
Physical Description: A single uncolored engraved plate from an octavo volume, 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.). Captioned "Leontodon" at the head, with the three plants numbered and named in Latin and English.
Framing: Window-mounted under a white archival mat within a linen-covered liner and a thin wood fillet, in a deep molded wood frame with a beaded inner edge, the outer molding in a warm reddish-brown and the inner in near-black, under glass. The frame measures 15.5 x 17.5 inches.
Condition: Spotting and browning to the paper; edges chipped and uneven, the inner (gutter) edge ragged. All four edges of the plate show within the mat window.
About our leaves. We sell leaves only from books that came to us already incomplete or damaged beyond reasonable restoration. We never break a complete copy. Each source book is an edition that survives in multiple copies in public collections. Anything of evidential value, such as a notable binding, an inscription or annotations, stays intact. We record the whole copy before it is dispersed. Where there is any doubt whether a book meets these standards, we consult an outside senior bookseller or conservator before proceeding. Source of this leaf: Nicholas Culpeper and Joshua Hamilton, Culpeper's English Family Physician, vol. 1, London: W. Locke, 1792 (ESTC T136362), an odd first volume without its second, disbound with the binding split and heavily foxed.
Shipping: Included in the price within the US. Framed pieces ship double-boxed and padded, with the glass protected, separately from our sleeved leaves.
