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IN this age of literary activity it is difficult to find a sphere of knowledge that has not been hitherto exploited by the makers of books. It is therefore a refreshing experience to find that the work before us is the first attempt to present to the public a popular survey of this fascinating old literature of herbals. The active life-period of this literature extends over a course of two hundred years, beginning in the latter part of the fifteenth and ending during the second half of the seventeenth century.
Herbals: their Origin and Evolution. A Chapter in the History of Botany, 1470–1670.
By Dr. Agnes Arber. Pp. xviii + 253 + xxi plates. (Cambridge University Press, 1912.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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Herbals: their Origin and Evolution A Chapter in the History of Botany, 1470–1670. Nature 91, 315 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091315a0
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