On the Secrets of Women and the Virtues of Herbs

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6500/A This is the shelfmark, a unique code used by a library to indicate where the book is stored on its shelves.

This page is an endpaper or flyleaf. It contains no primary text from the author, but serves as a record of the book's journey through time. Faint ink marks visible on the edge are "bleed-through" from the writing on the following page.

Handwritten signature of a former owner. Edward Smilie (1812–1867) was a physician and medical author based in Boston during the mid-19th century.

The date Smilie likely acquired the book or formally entered it into his personal collection. The inscription is followed by a decorative flourish, a common calligraphic habit of the period to prevent others from adding text to a signature line.