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An Oak Spring Herbaria : herbs and herbals from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries : a selection of the rare books, manuscripts and works of art in the collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon / Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi & Tony Willis ; edited with a description of the American herbals by Mark Argetsinger ; translated from the Italian by Lisa Chien

Author
Tongiorgi Tomasi, Lucia
Additional Titles
Herbaria
Published
Upperville, Virginia : Oak Spring Garden Library, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Additional Creators
Willis, Tony, 1961-, Argetsinger, Mark, Chien, Lisa C., and Oak Spring Garden Library
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Contents
I. Late medieval herbals -- II. The great age of Renaissance botany -- III. Herbals and plants from distant lands -- IV. Herbals by herbalists, pharmacists, and physicians -- V. Herbals of the botanical gardens and private gardens of Europe -- VI. Curious and strange herbals -- VII. Dried specimans and nature printing -- VIII. American herbals.
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ISBN
9780300241464 (electronic bk.)
0300241461 (electronic bk.)
0965450813 (hardcover)
9780965450812
Note
Series statement on preliminary page.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award, 2011
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