Gerard's Herbal

Gerard's Herbal
Author: John Gerard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 303
Release: 1994
Genre: Botany
ISBN: 9781859580516

'Gerald's Herbal', or 'The Generall Historie of Plantes', is the fourth gathering in 400 years. This edition spans 428 pages, 323 illustrations taken from the original, and contains 300 entries, many of them unseen for centuries.

Early Modern Herbals and the Book Trade

Early Modern Herbals and the Book Trade
Author: Sarah Neville
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2022-01-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316515990

In the early modern herbal, Sarah Neville finds a captivating example of how Renaissance print culture shaped scientific authority.

Leaves from Gerard's Herball

Leaves from Gerard's Herball
Author: Marcus Woodward
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2024-05-30
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1528799305

This beautiful horticultural handbook is a garden calendar, taking you on an illustrated journey through the year, detailing each season’s most prominent plants, flowers, and herbs. A revised edition of John Gerrard’s 1597 Garden Herball, this gorgeously illustrated volume has been updated by Marcus Woodward to form a garden calendar, with each plant being featured in its flowering season. From tobacco and onions to poppies, sunflowers, and peach trees, England’s most-famous herbal index is perfect for all who are interested in gardening and horticulture.

Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550-1650

Medical Authority and Englishwomen's Herbal Texts, 1550-1650
Author: Rebecca Laroche
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780754666783

The first study to analyze print vernacular herbals from the standpoint of gender, this book also recognizes the rhetorical agenda of female writers who claim herbal practice. As she examines women's herbal language across various genres and in both manuscript and print, Laroche also incorporates meticulous archival research which ultimately generates original findings to do with women's ownership of medical texts.