| Title |
British herbal : an history of plants and trees, natives of Britain, cultivated for use, or raised for beauty |
| Call Number |
QK41 .H6 |
| Date |
1756 |
| Description |
In The British Herbal, Hill described and gave the common use for some fifteen hundred plants of Great Britain and illustrated his text with seventy-five full-page copperplate engravings executed by several different artists. Although John Hill was judged a quack by contemporaries, he made a great and lasting contribution in the area of botanical studies. An apothecary by trade, Hill's initial interest in plants was utilitarian; he collected them for friends and used them to concoct herbal remedies. Hill undertook several large projects in plant classification, among them this work, a valuable taxonomic achievement useful to the scholarly botanist. |
| Creator |
Hill, John, 1714?-1775 |
| Subject |
Botany--Great Britain |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Collection Name |
Rare Books Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Rare Books Division, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Easton Madsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s63v57d7 |
| Setname |
uum_rbc |
| ID |
1614314 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63v57d7 |
