The new herbal / Leonhart Fuchs.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cologne : Taschen, 2022Description: 1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 37 cmISBN:- 9783836587662 (hbk.) :
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | State Botanical Collection | Rare Books Collection | RB EFOL 581.634 FUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | RBG00025824 |
Includes accompanying volume - "Leonhart Fuchs : Physician and Pioneer of Modern Botany" by Klaus Dobat and Werner Dressendorfer.
Includes bibliographical references.
This edition is based on Fuchs’s personal, hand-colored copy, which has miraculously survived four-and-a-half centuries in pristine condition. Fascinating for historians of medicine and art, gardeners, and anyone interested in herbal medicine, the volume features over 500 splendid illustrations, and an essay exploring the history of healing herbs.