An Oak Spring Herbaria - Herbs and Herbals from the Fourteenth to Nineteenth Centuries: A Selection of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Works of (Oak ... Library (YUP))

by Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi (Author), Lisa Chien (Author), Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi (Author), Mark Argetsinger (Author), Tony Willis (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2019

  $71.94

  This magnificent compendium is the fourth in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection assembled by Mrs. Rachel Bunny Lambert Mellon. Herbaria describes sixty-three books and manuscripts about herbs and includes exquisite illustrations selected from the works themselves. Spanning the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, and featuring works by Brunfels, Culpeper, Monardes, and Linnaeus, among others, this authoritative catalogue will prove fascinating to botanists, bibliophiles, garden historians, and herbalists alike.