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Myristica moschata illustration from a medical botany book
John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, and Gilbert Thomas Burnett1834-1836
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
Double page illustration of Myristica moschata (nutmeg) from 'Medical botany, or, Illustrations and descriptions of the medicinal plants of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopœias comprising a popular and scientific account of poisonous vegetables indigenous to Great Britain'.
This three volume set was previously owned by formerly owned by Australian academic and geneticist Judith Kinnear.
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- Title: Myristica moschata illustration from a medical botany book
- Creator: John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, Gilbert Thomas Burnett
- Date Created: 1834-1836
- Location Created: London, United Kingdom
- Physical Dimensions: 24cm
- Original Language: Latin, English
- Provenance: University of Sydney Library Rare Books and Special Collections copy purchased using the bequest fund of Bruce Williams, and funds donated by Louise Baur and family, in honour of the late George Norton Baur, formerly owned by Judith Kinnear, Stamp, "B.C. Sekar"
- Publisher: Printed for John Churchill
- Original Source: University of Sydney Library, RB 4734.106
- Medium: Book
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