Healing Plants
From Elizabeth Blackwell's "Curious Herbal"
- A delightful miniature gift for herbalists, gardeners, and admirers of botanical illustration
- Includes 137 beautiful engravings of medicinal plants from Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (originally published 1737-39), along with Blackwell's descriptions of their medicinal properties
- Introduction by renowned garden writer Marta McDowell, about A Curious Herbal and the history of herbal medicine
- A companion to other Tiny Folios on natural history, such as The Trees of North America and Audubon's Birds of America
A miniature treasury of medicinal plants, drawn from the work of a pioneering woman artist.
This miniature book contains a veritable garden of healing plants, specially chosen from Elizabeth Blackwell’s Curious Herbal (1737–39). A talented artist, Blackwell published her herbal as a means of financial support after her husband landed in debtor’s prison — and it quickly became a prized reference for doctors and apothecaries. Each of the 140 exquisite hand-coloured engravings featured herein — from elderberry and chamomile to aloe and St. John’s wort — is accompanied by Blackwell’s description of its medicinal properties. The plants have been selected by the renowned garden writer Marta McDowell, who also contributes an introduction about Elizabeth Blackwell and the herbal medicine of her time. Healing Plants is the perfect little gift for anyone interested in herbalism, botany, or gardening.
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press
- ISBN
- 9780789214812
- Published
- 9th Jul 2024
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World excluding USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia
- Size
- 111 mm x 102 mm
- Pages
- 320 Pages
- Name of series
- Tiny Folio
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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