Of books and botany in early modern England: sixteenth-century plants and print culture

Published virtues of the earth: an introduction -- The bookish nature of botanical culture: continental contexts. Botanical renaissance: A potted history -- Words and things in humanist herbalism -- Botany by the book -- Botanical gardens in book form: the herbaria -- Botanical reformation in Willi...

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Main Author: Knight, Leah 1976- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Farnham, Surrey [u.a.] Ashgate 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:[Rezension von: Knight, Leah, Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England: Sixteenth-Century Plants and Print Culture. Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity] (2011) (Reeds, Karen, 1947 -)
Series/Journal:Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Book printing / Plants (Motif) / History 1500-1600
B English language / Literature / Botany / History 1500-1600
B Turner, William 1510-1568 / Herbals
B Gerard, John 1545-1612 / Herbals
Further subjects:B Turner, William (-1568)
B Early printed books (England) History 16th century
B English literature 16th century History and criticism
B Literature and science (England) History 16th century
B Gardens in literature
B England Intellectual life 16th century
B Botany History 16th century
B Botany in literature
B English prose literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism
B Gerard, John (1545-1612)
B Horticultural literature History and criticism

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