The Royal Horticultural Society Address Book
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The Royal Horticultural Society Address Book by Brent Elliott
Botanical drawings of medicinal plants, taken from books by two medical physicians, illustrate this address book. William Woodville's "Medical Botany" (1790-1793) contains descriptions and pictures of all the plants in the Royal College of Physicians' list of "materia medica" (plants used in medicine). His illustrator was James Sowerby (1756-1822), the major English botanical artist of his generation. Ferdinand Vietz was an Austrian physician, whose "Icones Plantarum" (1800-1820) was illustrated by Ignaz Alberti, an accomplished Viennese artist. A selection of hand-coloured engravings from each of these books illustrates this address book.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780711217485 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711217483 |
| Title | The Royal Horticultural Society Address Book |
| Author | Brent Elliott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Address book |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2001-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |