This study describes and illustrates the making, decoration and botanical and medicinal content of the world's most important illustrated herbals, tracing their development from early hand-decorated manuscripts and medieval woodcuts to metal engravings and botanical prints from the early 18th and 19th centuries.;The authors trace rare manuscripts and stylistic developments through the centuries. This guide has been revised and updated to take into account the latest discoveries and developments.
- ISBN10 0500277869
- ISBN13 9780500277867
- Publish Date 1 December 1994 (first published 1 January 1979)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Thames & Hudson
- Edition Rev Pbk ed.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 190
- Language English