chirila
commented
5 years ago List of herbals containing portions of the 'Circa instans' (medieval medical text which was the basis of many illustrated and practical herbals)
https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b1879175x#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-0.7277%2C-0.0771%2C2.4554%2C1.5424 https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18934080#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-0.6719%2C-0.0736%2C2.3437%2C1.4722 https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b1926687x#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-0.7635%2C-0.0794%2C2.5269%2C1.5873 https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19625571#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-0.6981%2C-0.0753%2C2.3963%2C1.5052 - not illustrated?
Not online: http://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1956738?lang=eng http://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1922367?lang=eng (http://search.wellcomelibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1858906?lang=eng - not online)
I don't think this can be done automatically but it looks like the relevant mss can be downloaded as pdfs, e.g. https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19677352#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=54&z=-0.53%2C0%2C2.06%2C1.294
Green's herbal: https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b22006783#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=32&z=-0.8273%2C0%2C2.6546%2C1.3432 (later)
Coombe's herbal: https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b30342053#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=62&z=-0.9731%2C0%2C2.9462%2C1.4907 (printed)
Brooke's herbal (1853) https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b20424802#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=112&z=-1.2318%2C-0.0876%2C3.4637%2C1.7525
Culpeper's herbal: https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b22007027#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=73&z=-0.9732%2C-0.0745%2C2.9464%2C1.4908
https://wellcomelibrary.org/collections/browse/collections/digwms/ has full collection..
Other misc things to spend more time looking at: https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18935722#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=152&z=-0.5562%2C0%2C2.1124%2C1.3269