The old English herbals
1922, First Edition. London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked beige cloth boards, slightly scuffed and dust-toned, and with minor wear to the endbands. Edges and prelims faintly foxed, with the interior remaining strong and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Item #476554
Physical description; xii, 243 pages : illustrations (1 colour) ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-235) and index. Contents; Anglo-Saxon herbals – Later manuscript herbals and the early printed herbals – Turner's Herbal and the influence of the foreign herbalists – Gerard's Herbal – Herbals of the new world – John Parkinson, the last of the great English herbalists – Later seventeenth-century herbals and sixteenth- and seventeenth-century still-room books. Subjects; Herbals – Great Britain – History. Botanical literature – Great Britain – History. Botany – Great Britain – History. Herbs – Bibliography. Herbal medicine – History. Medicine, Medieval.
Price: €75.00