The art of simpling. An introduction to the knovvledge and gathering of plants : vvherein the defininitions [sic], divisions, places, descriptions, differences, names, vertues, times of flourishing and gathering, uses, temperatures, signatures and appropriations of plants, are methodically laid down Whereunto is added, a discovery of the lesser world / By W. Coles.

William Coles

Date:: 1656

Credit: The art of simpling. An introduction to the knovvledge and gathering of plants : vvherein the defininitions [sic], divisions, places, descriptions, differences, names, vertues, times of flourishing and gathering, uses, temperatures, signatures and appropriations of plants, are methodically laid down Whereunto is added, a discovery of the lesser world / By W. Coles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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