William Turner: A New Herball

William Turner: A New Herball

Author: William Turner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-01-26

Total Pages: 850

ISBN-13: 9780521445498

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A New Herball, originally published in three parts during the second half of the sixteenth century, was the first English herbal with any pretensions to scientific status. As such, it provided a landmark in the history of botany and herbalism, breaking new ground in its accuracy of observation and its scientific thoroughness. For the first time since its original publication, the entire Herball is now available in a facsimile edition which faithfully reproduces the beautiful sixteenth-century black-letter text and woodcut illustrations. To aid the twentieth-century reader, a modernised transcript, together with keyed-in notes, a glossary of unfamiliar terms and comprehensive indexes have been provided. Biographical information on this influential physician, naturalist and cleric is also included to give an indication of his contribution to sixteenth-century English history.


A New Herball

A New Herball

Author: William Turner

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13:

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This edition contains a facsimile of the beautiful 1551 herbal with its black letter text and woodcut illustrations. To enable easier reading of the text, the editors have included a modernized transcript, together with keyed-in notes and a glossary of unfamiliar or obsolete Tudor words. A short biography of Turner has also been included in order to give an idea of the contribution made by this physician , naturalist and cleric to sixteenth-century English history." -- dust jacket


William Turner: A New Herball

William Turner: A New Herball

Author: William Turner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 868

ISBN-13: 0521445493

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A New Herball, originally published in three parts during the second half of the sixteenth century, was the first English herbal with any pretensions to scientific status. As such, it provided a landmark in the history of botany and herbalism, breaking new ground in its accuracy of observation and its scientific thoroughness. For the first time since its original publication, the entire Herball is now available in a facsimile edition which faithfully reproduces the beautiful sixteenth-century black-letter text and woodcut illustrations. To aid the twentieth-century reader, a modernised transcript, together with keyed-in notes, a glossary of unfamiliar terms and comprehensive indexes have been provided. Biographical information on this influential physician, naturalist and cleric is also included to give an indication of his contribution to sixteenth-century English history.


William Turner: A New Herball

William Turner: A New Herball

Author: William Turner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780521445481

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A facsimile of the first scientific herbal to be written in English, plus a modern transcription of the text.


The Names of Herbes (Classic Reprint)

The Names of Herbes (Classic Reprint)

Author: William Turner

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-24

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781332895410

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Excerpt from The Names of Herbes Turner often includes several different plants under the same head ing; but I have thought this plan the easiest for facilitating refer ence A few blanks will be found in the second column; they indicate that I have been unable to ascertain satisfactorily the modern name of the plants to which Turner alludes. The third part is an index, similar to that in the Dictionary of English plant-names, in which the modern Latin names of the plants are given in alpha. Botical order, followed by the various English ones by which they are mentioned in the body of the work. In this way I hope I have rendered the information contained in the Names of Herbes available for the use of all who may wish to obtain it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.