Author: Rebecca Laroche
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351918796
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The first study to analyze print vernacular folio herbals from the standpoint of gender and to present original findings to do with early modern women's ownership of these herbals, Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts also looks at reasons and contexts behind early modern female writers claiming herbal practice. Author Rebecca Laroche first establishes cultural backdrops in the gendering of medical authority that takes place in the herbals and the regular ownership of these herbals by women. She then examines women's engagements with herbal texts in life writings and poetry and asks how these moments represent and engage medical authority. In ultimately demonstrating how female writers variously take on women's herbal medical practices, Laroche reveals the broad range of literary potentials within the historical category of women's medicine.
Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550–1650
Author: Rebecca Laroche
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351918796
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The first study to analyze print vernacular folio herbals from the standpoint of gender and to present original findings to do with early modern women's ownership of these herbals, Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts also looks at reasons and contexts behind early modern female writers claiming herbal practice. Author Rebecca Laroche first establishes cultural backdrops in the gendering of medical authority that takes place in the herbals and the regular ownership of these herbals by women. She then examines women's engagements with herbal texts in life writings and poetry and asks how these moments represent and engage medical authority. In ultimately demonstrating how female writers variously take on women's herbal medical practices, Laroche reveals the broad range of literary potentials within the historical category of women's medicine.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351918796
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The first study to analyze print vernacular folio herbals from the standpoint of gender and to present original findings to do with early modern women's ownership of these herbals, Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts also looks at reasons and contexts behind early modern female writers claiming herbal practice. Author Rebecca Laroche first establishes cultural backdrops in the gendering of medical authority that takes place in the herbals and the regular ownership of these herbals by women. She then examines women's engagements with herbal texts in life writings and poetry and asks how these moments represent and engage medical authority. In ultimately demonstrating how female writers variously take on women's herbal medical practices, Laroche reveals the broad range of literary potentials within the historical category of women's medicine.
Herbals
Author: Agnes Arber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521338790
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The reissue of the 1938 revised edition of a work originally published in 1912 indicates its lasting value as a classic survey on the development of botany as a distinct scientific discipline.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521338790
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The reissue of the 1938 revised edition of a work originally published in 1912 indicates its lasting value as a classic survey on the development of botany as a distinct scientific discipline.
Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution
Author:
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108016715
Category : Botanical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Agnes Arber (1879–1960) was a prominent British botanist specialising in plant morphology and the history of botany. In 1946 she became the first female botanist to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. First published in 1912 and issued in an expanded second edition in 1938, this volume traces the history and development of printed herbals between 1470 and 1670. This two-hundred-year period was the most prolific for the publication of herbals, and significantly saw the emergence of botany as a scientific discipline within the study of natural history. Although Arber mentions the medical aspects of the herbal, her analysis remains focused on investigating herbals from a botanical view, with chapters devoted to the evolution of plant descriptions, classifications and illustrations. Her book remains the standard work on this subject. The text of this volume is taken from a 1953 reissue of the 1938 second edition.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108016715
Category : Botanical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Agnes Arber (1879–1960) was a prominent British botanist specialising in plant morphology and the history of botany. In 1946 she became the first female botanist to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. First published in 1912 and issued in an expanded second edition in 1938, this volume traces the history and development of printed herbals between 1470 and 1670. This two-hundred-year period was the most prolific for the publication of herbals, and significantly saw the emergence of botany as a scientific discipline within the study of natural history. Although Arber mentions the medical aspects of the herbal, her analysis remains focused on investigating herbals from a botanical view, with chapters devoted to the evolution of plant descriptions, classifications and illustrations. Her book remains the standard work on this subject. The text of this volume is taken from a 1953 reissue of the 1938 second edition.
The Cleveland Herbal, Botanical, and Horticultural Collections
Author: Holden Arboretum
Publisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873384339
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
More than 970 rare books, dating from 1479 to 1830 and covering such categories as gardening, herbals, botanical books and landscape architecture are catalogued in this bibliography.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873384339
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
More than 970 rare books, dating from 1479 to 1830 and covering such categories as gardening, herbals, botanical books and landscape architecture are catalogued in this bibliography.
An Illustrated History of the Herbals
Author: Frank J. Anderson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1583481141
Category : Botany, Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated history of herbal texts throughout the world from ancient cultures through the seventeenth century. An “herbal” by definition is a book that is descriptive of plants and the term did not come into use until the sixteenth century. The production of herbals is closely connected to the history of early printing and offers the finest examples of this art and craft. However, the earliest records of ancient Egypt, Sumer and China all reflect a tradition of works of botanicals and their medicinal properties long before printing. The author’s survey begins with a work called De materia medica written in the first century which is extant and, as the final authority on pharmacy for 1500 years, is the most important herbal ever written. The study of herbals offers a rich history of the culture and beliefs from the folklore and science of medieval and classical worlds.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1583481141
Category : Botany, Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated history of herbal texts throughout the world from ancient cultures through the seventeenth century. An “herbal” by definition is a book that is descriptive of plants and the term did not come into use until the sixteenth century. The production of herbals is closely connected to the history of early printing and offers the finest examples of this art and craft. However, the earliest records of ancient Egypt, Sumer and China all reflect a tradition of works of botanicals and their medicinal properties long before printing. The author’s survey begins with a work called De materia medica written in the first century which is extant and, as the final authority on pharmacy for 1500 years, is the most important herbal ever written. The study of herbals offers a rich history of the culture and beliefs from the folklore and science of medieval and classical worlds.
Herbals, their origin and evolution
Author: Agnes Robertson Arber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution
Author: Agnes Robertson Arber
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This work is about the study of herbal medicine and is the forerunner of modern botany and pharmacy textbooks. Herbs mainly involve medicinal and culinary herbs, their true and supposed properties and virtues, and their origins can be traced back at least to the ancient Greeks. This book is of inestimable value to readers who are interested in botany and pharmacy.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This work is about the study of herbal medicine and is the forerunner of modern botany and pharmacy textbooks. Herbs mainly involve medicinal and culinary herbs, their true and supposed properties and virtues, and their origins can be traced back at least to the ancient Greeks. This book is of inestimable value to readers who are interested in botany and pharmacy.
Gardens & Gardening
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Natural History of the Phlox Family
Author: Verne Grant
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401760772
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401760772
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
An Oak Spring Herbaria
Author: Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300241461
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
This magnificent compendium is the fourth in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection assembled by Mrs. Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon. Herbaria describes sixty-three books and manuscripts about herbs and includes exquisite illustrations selected from the works themselves. Spanning the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, and featuring works by Brunfels, Culpeper, Monardes, and Linnaeus, among others, this authoritative catalogue will prove fascinating to botanists, bibliophiles, garden historians, and herbalists alike.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300241461
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
This magnificent compendium is the fourth in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection assembled by Mrs. Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon. Herbaria describes sixty-three books and manuscripts about herbs and includes exquisite illustrations selected from the works themselves. Spanning the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, and featuring works by Brunfels, Culpeper, Monardes, and Linnaeus, among others, this authoritative catalogue will prove fascinating to botanists, bibliophiles, garden historians, and herbalists alike.