The Old English HerbalsDelightfully written, deftly illustrated work provides fascinating history of uses of plants -- their cultivation for medicinal purposes, flavoring, garnishes, perfumes plus their place in folklore and mythology. Material selected from variety of rare sources -- Anglo-Saxon herbals, early manuscripts, more. |
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| Title | The Old English Herbals |
| Author | Eleanour Sinclair Rohde |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green and Company, 1922 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | Jan 30, 2009 |
| Length | 243 pages |
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