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Leonhart Fuchs: The New Herbal of 1543

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Book News Annotation:

The hand-colored illustrations and text of the terbuch/>, presented in a facsimile of the original German, planted the course of botany as pioneered by Bavarian physician Fuchs (1501-66). Explanatory notes include information on period botanical terms and classifications, and medicinal plants in modern herbal medicine. Indexed by Latin and English plant name appearing in order of the woodcuts, and alphabetically by Latin name with corresponding plate number. The original is in the Municipal Library of Ulm.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9783822812983
Subtitle:
The New Herbal of 1543
Author:
Dobat, Klaus
Author:
Dressendorfer, Werner
Publisher:
Taschen
Subject:
General
Publication Date:
October 2001
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
768
Dimensions:
9.95x6.14x2.05 in. 3.41 lbs.
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