The Illustrated Herbal
de Blunt, W. ; Raphael, S
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- One or two fore-edges a trifle spotted, otherwise Near Fine in dustwrapper
- ISBN 10
- 0906459028
- ISBN 13
- 9780906459027
- Librería
-
LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, London, first edition, n.d. [1979]. Cloth, folio, 32 cm,. 191 pp, 159 ills (including 64 colour plates). From the blurb : "Wilfrid Blunt and Sandra Raphael begin with a wide-ranging study of the development of manuscript herbals, their decoration and their botanical and medicinal interest. They then discuss the evolution of the printed herbal, from the first woodcuts to the elegant metal-engravings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The book is illustrated throughout with sixty-four superb colour plates and some eighty black and white manuscript illustrations, woodcuts and engravings, all of which are accompanied by the authors' descriptive, explanatory and historical notes on the manuscripts and books themselves." Includes index. One or two fore-edges a trifle spotted, otherwise Near Fine in dustwrapper.
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- Librería
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BIBLIO-44805
- Título
- The Illustrated Herbal
- Autor
- Blunt, W. ; Raphael, S
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth, folio, 32 cm,
- Estado del libro
- Usado - One or two fore-edges a trifle spotted, otherwise Near Fine in dustwrapper
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0906459028
- ISBN 13
- 9780906459027
- Editorial
- Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, London, first edition, n.d. [1979]
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- n.d. [1979]
- Páginas
- 191 pp, 159 ills (including 64 colour plates)
- Palabras clave
- Herbals Illustrations History. Botanical illustration History. Blunt, Wilfrid & Raphael, Sandra 0906459028
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Botanical Books (Bibliographies);
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LONDON, Aberdeen
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