Magic plants : being a translation of a curious tract entitled De vegetalibus magicis / written by M.J.H. Heucher, 1700 ; edited by Edmund Goldsmid.
- Johann Heinrich von Heucher
- Date:
- 1886
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Magic plants : being a translation of a curious tract entitled De vegetalibus magicis / written by M.J.H. Heucher, 1700 ; edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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