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The Illustrated College Herbal - plants from the "Pharmacopoea Londinensis" of 1618
2018013306Beckenham 2018. Tall quarto 224 pages pictorial boards a very good new copy. Published in an edition of just under one thousand copies and now out of print. The book celebrates the 500th Anniversary of the Royal College of Physicians and the 400th Anniversary of the Colleges "Pharmacopoea Londinensis" - the first pharmacopoeia to be mandatory for a whole country. This book contains specially commissioned paintings and drawings and late medieval woodcuts of nearly 200 plants growing in the Medicinal Garden of the College which were ingredients in the Colleges Pharmacopoea of 1618. Their contemporary uses are given from the publications of Nicholas Culpeper in 1649 and John Parkinson in 1640. The 17th century names of the 634 medicinal plants used in the Pharmacopoea have been painstakingly identified and listed with their modern botanical names - an invaluable resource for all interested in the history of plant-based medicine. The artists directory is included for all who seek commissions from them. Their work is a delight as are the earlier woodcuts from Fuchs Ruellius Matthiolus Dodoens Turner Lyte Gerard Parkinson Blackwell and Woodville. First Edition. Pictorial boards. New. Hardcover
Mike Park Ltd · Royaume-Uni65,00 £GB≈ 74,22 €
