Harry N. Abrams
Leaves in Myth, Magic and Medicine
Regular price
$9.95 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$9.95 USD
Unit price
per
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Title: Leaves in Myth, Magic and Medicine
Author: Alice Thoms Vitale
ISBN: 9781556705540
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 351
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Truly original and unique, Leaves is the visionary life work of Alice Thoms Vitale who has devoted almost thirty years to researching and creating authentic portraits of living leaves. This historical herbal is an appreciative salute to the wonder, beauty, and utility of leaves, as well as a visual guide to their identity. Throughout recorded history, leaves have graced and scented gardens, homes, and altars, provided nourishment and drink, healed the sick, enriched the flavor of food, added color to fabrics, and been the source for powerful poisons and exhilarating but sometimes harmful drugs. From ancient sources - Biblical, Greek, Roman, Arabic, and Oriental - to more modern cultures - European, Native American, and North American, here are the distant voices of folk-healers, herbalists, and physicians mingled with superstitions, irrational beliefs, myths, medicines, recipes, and poetry. Included are over 110 specimens, all grown in American soil, illuminated with fascinating information in botany, horticulture, medicine, history, literature, food, folklore, and handicraft.
Author: Alice Thoms Vitale
ISBN: 9781556705540
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 351
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Truly original and unique, Leaves is the visionary life work of Alice Thoms Vitale who has devoted almost thirty years to researching and creating authentic portraits of living leaves. This historical herbal is an appreciative salute to the wonder, beauty, and utility of leaves, as well as a visual guide to their identity. Throughout recorded history, leaves have graced and scented gardens, homes, and altars, provided nourishment and drink, healed the sick, enriched the flavor of food, added color to fabrics, and been the source for powerful poisons and exhilarating but sometimes harmful drugs. From ancient sources - Biblical, Greek, Roman, Arabic, and Oriental - to more modern cultures - European, Native American, and North American, here are the distant voices of folk-healers, herbalists, and physicians mingled with superstitions, irrational beliefs, myths, medicines, recipes, and poetry. Included are over 110 specimens, all grown in American soil, illuminated with fascinating information in botany, horticulture, medicine, history, literature, food, folklore, and handicraft.
