A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses

A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses
Margaret Grieve (Author)
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Volume 1 of the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, much else. Indispensable to serious reader. "There is not one page of this enchanting book which does not contain something to interest." — Spectator. Total in set: 161 illustrations.

• Rank: #29066 in Books
• Published on: 1971-06-01
• Released on: 1971-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 6.50" w x .97" l, 1.49 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

A Modern Herbal (Volume 2, I-Z and Indexes)

A Modern Herbal (Volume 2, I-Z and Indexes)
Margaret Grieve (Author)
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Volume 2 of the fullest, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, more. 161 illustrations.

• Rank: #78206 in Books
• Published on: 1971-06-01
• Released on: 1971-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 6.50" w x 1.03" l, 1.58 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 476 pages

Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine

Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine
Anne Van Arsdall (Author)

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This book presents for the first time an up-to-date and easy-to-read translation of a medical reference work that was used in Western Europe from the fifth century well into the Renaissance. Listing 185 medicinal plants, the uses for each, and remedies that were compounded using them, the translation will fascinate medievalist, medical historians and the layman alike.

• Rank: #646101 in Books
• Published on: 2010-10-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x .59" w x 5.98" l, .88 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 276 pages